Archives for August 2012

NASA Partnership With S.Q. Creates Skilled Workers

August 5, 2012 by Richard Lindsey

America needs skilled aerospace workers and one San Quentin program is designed to help fill the void, a NASA executive told a prisoners’ … [Read more...]

Kid CAT Hosts Symposium Focusing on Youth Problems

August 5, 2012 by GARY SCOTT

Creating a collaboration to deal with youth problems inside and outside prison walls was the focus of a recent San Quentin symposium involving … [Read more...]

S.Q. Baseball Season Opener

August 5, 2012 by GARY SCOTT

The San Quentin Athletics outlasted the San Quentin Giants in their much-anticipated season opener before several hundred cheering fans, defeating the … [Read more...]

Study Rebuts Theory Behind Longer Prison Sentences

August 5, 2012 by Richard Richardson

Locking up non-violent criminals for lengthy prison terms fails to improve public safety, a public-interest research report concludes. “There is … [Read more...]

Gov. Brown Appoints New Corrections Board

August 5, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff

A new board has been created to cope with the major changes in the future of California prisons. Creation of the board is in response to last year’s … [Read more...]

Free After 20 Years In Prison

August 5, 2012 by John C. Eagan

After spending more than 20 years in prison for a crime he insists he didn’t commit, Maurice A. Caldwell says, “I want to make sure it doesn’t happen … [Read more...]

Death Penalty and Wrongful Executions

August 5, 2012 by Charles David Henry

There is no credible evidence that an innocent person has been executed in California, a state commission report concludes. However, the commission … [Read more...]

Brazilian Prisoners Generate Electricity To Cut Sentences

August 5, 2012 by Kris Himmelberger

A Brazilian prison is taking the idea of good-time credits to another level: prisoners can get days time off their sentences for reading books and for … [Read more...]

Jurors’ Mixed Views About Capital Punishment Focus of High Court Ruling

August 5, 2012 by Charles David Henry

Jurors cannot be excluded from death penalty trials because they have mixed views about capital punishment, the California Supreme Court has … [Read more...]

After Serving Over 24 Years Behind Bars Henry ‘MC’ Montgomery Makes it Home

August 5, 2012 by GARY SCOTT

Self-help groups have been important instruments for helping Henry “MC” Montgomery become a better human being, he said, as he rejoins society after … [Read more...]