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Archives for January 2017

Prosecutors visit SQ News seeking public safety

January 31, 2017 by Juan Haines

A team of San Francisco’s leading prosecutors came into San Quentin on Dec. 16, seeking answers to very tough questions about public safety and got … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: San Quentin News, San Quentin News Forum, SQUIRES

Writers take guests on emotional journey

January 31, 2017 by Eddie Herena

Stories by incarcerated writers swept members of the outside community into a world behind prison walls. Sponsored by the William James Association’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

A journey to freedom filled with pain and survival

January 31, 2017 by Arnulfo Garcia

After serving nearly 30 years behind bars, Duane Holt was a changed man who convinced a parole board that he was no longer a danger to public safety. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles

SQ inmates surveyed about Trump’s election

January 31, 2017 by Juan Haines

In a sample survey taken from San Quentin inmates, more than half think a Donald Trump presidency has the potential to make America worse, while about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion

Inmates job opportunities at Employment Readiness Seminar

January 31, 2017 by Kevin Sawyer

A group of San Quentin prisoners got a preview of job opportunities when they are released, thanks to an Employment Readiness Seminar. Thirty-six … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cala Restaurant, cdcr, employment readiness seminar, Every Dog Has Its Daycare, Home of Chicken and Waffles, Rubicon Bakery, Social Imprints

January 2017 News Briefs

January 31, 2017 by San Quentin News Staff

National News – Last November, one of every 40 American adults was not able to vote because of state laws that bar people with past felony convictions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, News Briefs

Mock crash but a real inmate jolts high school students

January 31, 2017 by Krissi Khokhobashvili

When Kaitlin Bennett got behind the wheel of her car after having drinks with a friend in 2012, she didn’t know her decision would have devastating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Profiles

Court OKs ex-warden’s trial for guard’s sex with inmates

January 31, 2017 by David Eugene Archer Sr.

A former California prison warden can face trial in a sex abuse case, a federal appeals court ruled in October, said the Press Enterprise. Guillermo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

US prison commissary giants are set to merge

January 31, 2017 by Marcus Henderson

As prisoners across the nation wage protests over what they consider slave labor for low or no pay, two of the country’s biggest prison commissary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Keefe Commissary Network, PPI

New law requires inmate’s consent for federal interviews

January 31, 2017 by Salvador Solorio

A new California law requires law enforcement agencies to have inmates sign a written consent before being interviewed by the federal immigration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal

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