Letters, letters, and more letters! First and foremost, I want to thank you for your interest in San Quentin News. I want you to know your voices are … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Extensión Sobre Limite de Restringimiento
This story was printed in our Feb.-Mar. 2014 issue titled ‘Two-Year Extension To Meet Prison Cap.’ En Febrero 10, una corte federal le otorgo al Gov. … [Read more...]
Native Hawaiian Religious Group Celebrates First Makahiki Event
The Native Hawaiian religious group of San Quentin made history when it performed its New Year Fertility event, the Makahiki, inside the prison. “The … [Read more...]
More Money Spent on Prisons Than Education
Williams is the Opinion Editor for the Green & Gold newspaper at Fremont High School in Oakland, Calif. Keeping a prisoner in the Santa Rita Jail … [Read more...]
John Brown’s Play Revisits Slavery And Liberation in San Quentin
There was standing room only in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel on Feb. 28 to watch “John Brown’s Body”—a documentary about a play of the same name … [Read more...]
Prison Art On Display for Good Causes
Tucked away in prison cells across America are talented artists who are working to turn their lives around and help make the world a better place, … [Read more...]
Four S. Q. Bands Debut at Music Lockdown Concert
Four San Quentin bands made their public debut Feb. 8 in a fun-filled night. Two bands from Marin County performed a benefit concert at the Sweetwater … [Read more...]
POETRY CORNER
My Secret Place By Mike Wolke There’s a secret place inside my head Where no one’s allowed to go. There, stands a guard, a wee small ogre A neon sign … [Read more...]
Free Speech Behind Bars
At the beginning of the year the San Quentin newspaper was suspended for 45 days. The circumstances surrounding our suspension were somewhat alluded … [Read more...]
Taking Self-Reflection and Ownership of Your Past
Nearly everyone living in limbo in American prisons and jails got there after being distracted from reality and doing something they thought would not … [Read more...]