The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that law enforcement officers can legally search a residence after one person living there initially denies … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Community Program Funding Losses Could Threaten Youth Incarceration Reduction Efforts
Legislative changes are responsible for the mass reductions in youth incarceration nationwide, but a reduction of funding for community organizational … [Read more...]
Giving Thanks
Thanks from San Quentin News. November is my third year as Editor-in-Chief of San Quentin News. I am blessed to be involved with so many people of … [Read more...]
Video Meetings to Replace In-Person Visits for Inmates?
A prison research organization is working to forestall a growing national trend that it believes may exploit inmate families for profit by reducing or … [Read more...]
Public Needs to Know Problems Juveniles Face
Kid C.A.T. (Creating Awareness Together) launches Kid C.A.T. Speaks!, a monthly column dedicated to highlighting the inmate group’s service and the … [Read more...]
The Beat Within Collaborates With Kid C.A.T. in a Writing Workshop
Giving at-risk youngsters the opportunity to write about themselves on their own terms opens the way for more personal support aimed toward their … [Read more...]
Juvenile Imprisonment Now Declining Since Tough-On-Crime Laws
After two decades of “tough-on-crime” laws and huge surges in juvenile imprisonment, there are now sharp reductions in youth confinement, a national … [Read more...]
Photos Retrieved From the San Quentin Archives Enhanced and Displayed at the Haines Gallery
A group of San Quentin inmates has pushed the limits of how art may be defined. Participants of the San Quentin Prison Report Archive Project took … [Read more...]
Musicians Premal and Miten Perform For a Packed House at San Quentin
Several hundred inmates packed the San Quentin Catholic Chapel, chanting sacred mantras with Deva Premal and her band. “Spirituality is our theme. … [Read more...]
Expressing Gratitude From Inside San Quentin
The San Quentin community is thankful for many things, here just a few: Brittany: I am most thankful for love and the power that it has to heal. It is … [Read more...]