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Archives for September 2013

10th Annual TRUST Health Fair Screens Over 1,000

September 19, 2013 by San Quentin News Staff

Dozens of Bay Area physicians, nurses and healthcare providers made their way to San Quentin’s Lower Yard on August 16 to test, screen and offer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CENTERFORCE, SQ Health Fair, TRUST

Collecting ‘Big Data’ To Promote Justice

September 19, 2013 by San Quentin News Contributor

The San Francisco district attorney’s office is just around the corner from some of the world’s most cutting-edge data collectors and data miners. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

New Christian Group Movement ‘Graced Out Youth Ministries’

September 19, 2013 by Malik Harris

“Man, they got all these youngsters running wild around here,” said an older churchgoer in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel in the Garden Chapel area … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender

Federal Communications Commission Barred High Prison Phone Rates

September 19, 2013 by Kevin Sawyer

The Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) has barred prison phone companies from charging high rates on interstate long-distance calls, according … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

Marin Literacy & Project R.E.A.C.H. Urge Prisoners to Further Education

September 19, 2013 by David B. Le

San Quentin prisoners who want to improve their literacy are invited to apply to Project REACH, an extension of the Marin Literacy Program. REACH, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education

Prisoners’ Artwork on Display At San Francisco City Library

September 19, 2013 by Richard Lindsey

In San Francisco, a city known for its artistic and cultural diversity, two unique art exhibits in the city’s public library displayed dozens of works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts

Lt. Graham Says New Vocational Classes Could Ease Job Shortage at San Quentin

September 19, 2013 by Rahsaan Thomas

The San Quentin inmate job shortage may soon be eased, a prison official reports. The information came from Lt. D. Graham, the inmate assignment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

S.Q.’s Charity Fund Raising Benefits Outside Communities

September 19, 2013 by Boston Woodard

Is the desire to help others essential human quality? Does it exist even in prisoners within the state’s correctional system? The charitable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions in 2012-2013

September 19, 2013 by Ted Swain

During its 2012-13 session, the U.S. Supreme Court made the following decisions in civil rights cases: Voting Rights: In Arizona v. Inter Tribal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

DNA Testing Exonerated 18 Death Row Prisoners

September 19, 2013 by Michael Cooke

They Served A Total of 229 Years DNA testing has exonerated 18 people previously on Death Rows in 11 states, according to the Innocence Project. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty

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