A teenager jolted by a nine-year sentence for carjacking used his prison time to turn his path toward publishing two books and graduating from Yale School of Law, wrote Bari Weiss in The New York Times. Reginald Dwayne Betts, 17, was sentenced to an … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
SQ veterans donate nearly $5,000 to the U.S. Marines
Incarcerated veterans at San Quentin on July 11 handed over a check for nearly $5,000 to a team of United States Marines. The money supports a program that gives presents to children who visit their incarcerated parents during the Christmas holiday … [Read more...]
Veteran benefits helping of the incarcerated
Johnny Gomez, 50, has been down 21 years, but thanks to being a veteran, he can still help his child. Gomez’s first parole suitability hearing will be in May 2024. “My uncle had fought and died as a Marine in Vietnam, so that’s what I wanted to be,” … [Read more...]
Providing shelter registered sex-offenders in Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma evacuees in a Florida community faced tough decisions when one emergency storm shelter was designated to open its doors to local registered sex offenders. Pasco County officials planned months in advance for sex offenders to be … [Read more...]
News Briefs
Boston - The arrests of 50 people in the state’s immigrant community by federal agents is part of a nationwide crackdown on people in the country illegally who had also committed crimes, Anthony Brooks of WBUR News reports. Federal agents have … [Read more...]
Inspirational speaker spreads message to Code.7370
Sebastian Terry makes a living out of only doing things that make him happy. He came to San Quentin on Oct. 5 to share his mantra with a classroom of incarcerated computer coders, teaching them that if you “dream it, wish it, do it,” you can lead a … [Read more...]
Diabetic graduates learn self-awareness on more than just food
“Apply what you learn about self-awareness to what you eat” was the highpoint for the 2017 Fall Diabetic Program graduation in October. After 18 weeks of following lesson plans from a nutritional handbook collaboratively prepared by Chief Medical … [Read more...]
Denver urges former gang members to break the cycle of violence
Providing former gang members with jobs is key to breaking the cycle of community violence, leaders of a Denver-based program report. “Now we’ve got Bloods and Crips working together side by side,” said Pernell Hines, director of intervention and … [Read more...]
LWOP – life without the possibility of parole
More youth offenders are getting parole these days, thanks to changes in the criminal justice system. But left out of the movement are young people serving life without parole terms. “At 18 years old, I committed a crime and was sentenced to life … [Read more...]
Remembering Arnulfo T. Garcia
When I first met Arnulfo Timoteo Garcia in 2009, he was hired to work for our print shop instructor John Wilkerson as a clerk. However, upon discovering Arnulfo didn’t know how to turn on a computer, Wilkerson wanted to fire him. Ironically, when … [Read more...]
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