Advocates for prison reform have renewed attempts to stop telephone companies from overcharging inmates and their families. Some collect telephone … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Ohio Program Helps Mentally Ill Ex-Offenders on Parole
Ex-offenders with severe mental illness and developmental disabilities are getting help from a project aimed at keeping them healthy and stable, … [Read more...]
Two Warriors On Basketball
Two key members of the Golden State Warriors visited San Quentin recently and offered encouragement to the prisoners. The visitors were head Coach … [Read more...]
Top Players Show Skills At S.Q. Football Tryouts
The All-Madden Flag Football tryouts produced top skilled players at every position. Players hustled, sweated and endured through multiple drills. On … [Read more...]
Donors Resurface Basketball Court
The popular San Quentin basketball court is sporting a new surface and markings, thanks to donated labor and materials. The surface is the same used … [Read more...]
Soccer Returns To S.Q.
Soccer is making a comeback in San Quentin. On Labor Day, just after the baseball game ended, 16 soccer players hit the field for a practice game. … [Read more...]
Camaraderie Night A Big Hit for Vets
On September 8, the Vietnam Veterans Group of San Quentin held their first Camaraderie Night in over a year and the largest in the group’s history. … [Read more...]
Governor Vetoes Media Access Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have expanded media access to specific prisoners. “Giving criminals celebrity status through repeated … [Read more...]
Dutch Social Psychologist Impressed by Prisoners
My time in San Quentin has evoked the following question in me: “How can it be that I, safely raised in Holland, have never felt so understood, … [Read more...]
Executions of Inmates With Low IQs Questioned
Intellectually disabled convicts are being executed despite some judges saying it is cruel and unusual punishment, reports New Scientist. A group of … [Read more...]