The secret to quality medical care for prisoners is hiring people who really want to work behind the walls, says Jamie Molina, a Licensed Vocational … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
New Tools Trying to Curb Use of Prison Cell Phones
Last year a pilot program detected over 2,500 unique wireless signals and blocked another 24,000 “unauthorized communication” attempts in two of its … [Read more...]
Initiative to End Death Penalty Heads to Voters on 2012 Ballot
For the first time since 1978, California voters may be able to decide whether to keep the death penalty as the harshest way to punish murders. The … [Read more...]
Ex-Prisoner Visits the Vocational Shop That Gave Him a Foothold on Parole
Ed Ramirez says he’s grateful for the sheet metal vocational skills he mastered in San Quentin State Prison. He says they opened the door to an … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Race Case
The subject of race and admissions policy for state universities is once again before the U.S. Supreme Court. Abigail Fisher, a Texas resident, is … [Read more...]
S.Q. Library Sees Its Hours Reduced
Due to California’s budget woes, San Quentin’s library hours have been reduced for the mainline population. The change resulted from cutting the … [Read more...]
A Giant Interview – Michael Anthony Tyler
Michael Anthony Tyler of the San Quentin Giants baseball team discusses his sports and life experiences. What organized sports team did you play for … [Read more...]
Four Athletes Offer Insights On Playing San Quentin Sports
Here are comments from incarcerated men who are players of San Quentin sports teams. They discussed whether playing organized sports in San Quentin … [Read more...]
Coach Harris Looking for Kings
Head Coach Orlando Harris says tryouts gave him a good look at the over-40 men who will make up the San Quentin Kings basketball team, and he’s … [Read more...]
‘Too Many’ Good Warrior Candidates at Tryouts
The San Quentin Warriors basketball team’s tryouts were bittersweet for head coach Daniel Wright. “30 Players tried out for the Warriors. The … [Read more...]