The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) booked one inmate on a roundabout bus ride for a tour of the state. Patrick … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
S.Q. Daoist Group Celebrates New Spring Festival
The Daoists group of San Quentin celebrated its first annual Spring Festival. “Gong Xi Fa Chai,” which means, “congratulations and make a fortune,” … [Read more...]
University of San Francisco Joins Brothers in Pen Creative Writing Class
For the past 15 years, writing instructor Zoe Mullery has spent each Wednesday night in a small, crowded room listening to and commenting on stories … [Read more...]
San Quentin News Humbly Receives James Madison Award
The San Quentin News was honored by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at a sold-out banquet in San … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day With Love
It has been said that the development of the human conscience first develops during the bonding phase between an infant and his mother. It helps shape … [Read more...]
POETRY CORNER
Convict, A Way Of Life Outside there is peace, but that doesn’t concern me, for I’m confined within these walls, walls of misery. I slipped on the … [Read more...]
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
This month the book review column is doing something quite different. Journalism Guild Chairman Kevin D. Sawyer and I read two classic novels. Sawyer … [Read more...]
Revisiting Legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela
In response to my last column (before the shutdown), I received inquiries about my definition and use of the term “warrior mindset” and my notion of … [Read more...]
Prisoners Take Steps Toward Saving Millions on Health Care Before Release From Incarceration
San Francisco prisoners are enrolling in health care to take effect when they are released from jail, potentially saving the county millions of … [Read more...]
San Quentin Inmates Embrace Yoga
Yoga classes are so popular at San Quentin that some prisoners improvise to find a place to practice. One of those prisoners is Bruce “Rahsaan” Banks, … [Read more...]