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Archives for February 2013
No Evidence Linking Rising Crime Rates to Realignment
A new report finds no relationship between offenders released from county jails and under county supervision to California’s recent rise in crime. The … [Read more...]
Vietnam Veterans Group of San Quentin
Grateful Scholarship Recipient Returns to San Quentin The first recipient of a special college scholarship came back to San Quentin State Prison to … [Read more...]
Incarceration Need Not Be an Obstacle for the Determined
EX-OFFENDER USED PRISON TIME TO EARN A MASTER’S DEGREE, PUBLISH 7 BOOKS Michael Santos never let his situation define him. In the 9,135 days he spent … [Read more...]
One Athlete Battles Cancer and Adversity
DOMINICK WHITTAKER FINDS PEACE IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING ODDS Despite having multiple myeloma cancer, Dominick Whitaker continues to run for the … [Read more...]
Warriors’ Coach Optimistic About 2013 Season
The San Quentin Warriors basketball tryouts produced a gifted and athletic team. “I went in the tryouts with high expectation because of all the … [Read more...]
Three Men Challenge All Interested Hoopsters
A new trio of basketball players has emerged at San Quentin, and is looking for challengers. Comparing themselves to the Miami Heat, lifer inmate … [Read more...]
Tryouts Bring Out The Talent
With the baseball season on the horizon, two of San Quentin’s athletes look forward to building discipline, racial respect and integrity. “My … [Read more...]
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
In his debut novel, authorAravind Adiga has created the lowly, dejected man, Balram Halwai, who drives himself from poverty into India’s middle class … [Read more...]
Venture Capitalists Support Incarcerated Entrepeneurs
Twenty-first century business leaders are shining a bright light on the high-tech highway of the future by mentoring seven incarcerated entrepreneurs, … [Read more...]