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Archives for January 2015
Positive Ripple Effects of San Quentin’s Restorative Justice Movement
The Restorative Justice movement – aimed at healing crime victims, offenders, their families and the community – has rippled out of San Quentin State … [Read more...]
Prison University Project Presents Its 12th Annual Open Mic Reading
An audience of inmates and community volunteers gathered in San Quentin’s Catholic chapel the day after Christmas to hear more than two dozen inmates … [Read more...]
13 PUP Students Gain New Appreciation for Biology
Prison University Project’s (PUP) fall 2014 semester ended with 13 students gaining important knowledge and new appreciation for biology. The biology … [Read more...]
SQUIRES Banquet 50 Years Mentoring At-Risk Youth
About 50 people gathered at a banquet marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of SQUIRES. It’s a program that brings at-risk youth in to San … [Read more...]
Pastor Finds New Spiritual Calling
Why me? Why this? Who hasn’t asked this at times? Two men serving time in San Quentin asked me to talk about how and why I send sermons to California … [Read more...]
Remembering Dr. King, Ferguson and Moving Forward
Thanks to a positive decision in Sacramento, this is my final article while incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. Subsequent articles will be from … [Read more...]
1936 San Quentin ‘Murder of Wife’ Trial Revisited
On Aug. 13, 1936, sheriff’s deputies were called to the home of fellow officer John McNeill in Temecula. McNeill, a Temecula blacksmith and deputy … [Read more...]
VGSQ COLUMN
Chairman of the Holiday Toy Program, Gary Cooper, headed up a team of veterans who began decorating the San Quentin visiting area on Dec. 5. They … [Read more...]
Citizens Shift Political View After Run-ins with Criminal Justice System
An increasing number of citizens are coming in contact with the criminal justice system, a fact that is shaping how citizens participate in the … [Read more...]