What is significant about the fifth day of May? In Spanish, May 5th means Cinco de Mayo. On May 4, 2011, four men were stopped at random in North … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
The True History Of Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo gained prominence as a holiday in the United States around the 1960s. This holiday gained its notoriety when rights for Chicanos were … [Read more...]
A Symposium on Three Strikes Held in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — A two-day symposium called “The Future of California’s Three Strikes Law: Reform, Repeal, or the Status Quo?” was held by the John Jay … [Read more...]
California May Extend Moratorium on Executions
SACRAMENTO — The state will not be ready to defend its new lethal injection procedures in court until early next year, prolonging a moratorium on … [Read more...]
Volunteer Teacher Making a Difference
San Quentin is unique among California’s 33 adult penal institutions. Other prisons do not offer anywhere near the number of programs that San Quentin … [Read more...]
Opening Day for Hard Timers Softball Team
The weather was very favorable for San Quentin’s Opening Day softball, as Golden Gate Ministries came to challenge the Hard Times team. A hard time is … [Read more...]
Health and Wellness Corner
The San Quentin News “Health and Wellness Corner” column runs when articles are submitted for publication. A Centerforce health professional will … [Read more...]
UC Berkeley Professor Shares His Love Of Writing With S.Q. Prisoners
Poetry professor Geoffrey O’Brien shares his love of writing with San Quentin inmates as a volunteer English teacher for the Prison University … [Read more...]
Unique S.Q. Group Raises Awareness About Life Sentences Through Rap Music
A group of San Quentin inmates, who were sentenced to life as youth, use rap to raise awareness of youth life sentences. As the arrest rate of … [Read more...]
A Lesson Well Taken in Journalism
Feedback on the S.Q. News website, www.sanquentinnews.com: I write to a gentleman on death row in your prison and he occasionally sends me copies of … [Read more...]