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Revamping prison healthcare services responses to complaints

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California prison administrators are attempting to revamp health care services to inmates and streamline responses to their medical complaints.

By law, inmates have a right to file grievances, and they may grieve any results they find unsatisfactory.

The new regulations are geared to provide the following services:

Instruct inmates how to appropriately prepare and submit health care grievances and grievance appeals

Establish a process for the department to hire 36 Registered Nurses to advocate on behalf of inmate/patients by conducting clinical triages for early intervention to health care concerns

Registered Nurses would also determine the necessity of a clinical review of health care grievances and grievance appeals

Eliminate one institutional level of review

Eliminate the cancellation of health care grievances and grievance appeals

Instruct health care staff how to process health care grievances and grievance appeals submitted by inmates who are paroled, discharged or deceased following the filing of a health care grievance or health care appeal

The new procedures are expected to cut 51 calendar days out of the appeals process

Prison administrators say the new regulations and procedures will benefit the Department and patients

By ensuring treatment, in a timely manner, of needs requiring medical intervention

By getting rid of redundancy, unnecessary delays and inconsistencies in processing health care complaints, while ensuring accountability, documentation and smoother processing of health care grievances and grievance appeals

And, by guaranteeing due process rights to any inmate/patient who disagrees with a decision regarding his or her health care services

In developing the new regulations and procedures, the department said it took the best practices from the federal prison grievance and appeal system, as well as prisons in Florida, Texas and Michigan.

Officials estimate that the new regulations and procedures would save California taxpayers $5.4 million.

The hearing is scheduled to take place on Oct. 25, 10 to 11 a.m. at Elk Grove Police Service Center; Elk Grove City Council Chambers, 8400 Laguna Palms Way, Elk Grove, CA 95758.

Public comments must be submitted to California Correctional Health Care Services, Health Care Regulations and Policy Section before Oct. 25, 5 p.m at:

Mail: P.O. Box 588500,

Elk Grove, CA 95758

Email: CCHCSRegs@cdcr.ca.gov.

Phone: 916.691.2922

Fax: 916.691.3490

Q & A about flu shots and season

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Hate the idea of getting sick? Hate shots? Hate not knowing what’s going into your body? Hey, we do too!

We are here to let you know how important it is to get your flu shot.

Let’s get some of the common misconceptions and myths out of the way.

Q: Every time I get the flu shot, I get sick! Does the flu shot give me the flu?

A: No. There are several reasons why people may erroneously believe they developed the flu after the shot is given.

The flu shot takes up to two weeks after administration to gain protection in the body. People are sometimes exposed to the virus shortly before receiving the flu shot, which results in becoming ill before the flu shot takes effect.

People contract “non-flu viruses” that mimick the symptoms of influenza. Unfortunately, the flu shot does not protect against all viruses.

People are exposed to an influenza virus that is not included in the current vaccine. Unfortunately, many different viruses circulate throughout the year and the flu shot only protects against most common strains.

Q: What’s in that mysterious syringe? Is it safe?

A: I would also be skeptical if I didn’t know what was going into my body. The answer is YES, it is safe. Every year, researchers and manufacturers create a vaccine that contains a virus strain they believe will be circulating in the upcoming season. The flu shot is inactivated (killed), purified, and packaged in vials or syringes.

Q: I never get sick. Why do I need to get this flu shot?

A: First off, lucky you! Unfortunately, not all of us have strong immune systems. For instance, did you know that older individuals (65+ years), pregnant women, children, and those with chronic illness (asthma, congestive heart failure, cancer, etc.) are more susceptible to flu-related complications? So, although you may not get sick, our loved ones can.

Q: I’m sure most of the inmates here are getting the shot, So it’s safe for me to  sit out on this one, right?

A: In order to protect the surrounding population, at least 80 percent of individuals need to be vaccinated. It’s a little thing people like to call “herd immunity.” We’re not huge fans of the word “herd” so let’s call it “community immunity.” This is how it works. When a critical portion of the population is immunized against a contagious disease, most members of the population are protected against that disease because there is little opportunity for an outbreak.

So, now that we debunked some of the common myths, let’s get into the nitty gritty.

Influenza can be spread through the air from the respiratory tract of an infected person or by direct contact with respiratory droplets. To put it more simply, if an infected individual coughs or sneezes up to six feet away from you, droplets can land in the nose or mouth and be inhaled into the lungs. From there, you may be facing some pretty dreadful symptoms.

Flu-like symptoms tend to be an abrupt onset of fever, muscle aches, headache, fatigue, cough and or sore throat.

Last but not least, the flu can lead to serious respiratory infections, health complications, and death. So our final words to you are to prevent, prevent, prevent! Some things in life are unavoidable, but the flu is something we may be able to prevent together. By receiving the flu shot this month, we can protect ourselves and the ones we care about inside and outside.

-By Chelsea, RN and Trina, RN, SQ Medical Department

Contra Costa County hosts Fair Chance Summit for former prisoners

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Contra Costa County recently hosted a Fair Chance Summit, where former prisoners, state policy makers and local business owners came together to promote the idea that hiring ex-convicts can benefit the entire community, according to a Martinez News-Gazette article.

The Contra Costa Workforce Development Board invited State Senator Bill Dodd and County District Supervisor Candace Andersen to speak, as well as several former inmates. They each addressed a select group of human resource professionals, corporate leaders and employment developers in hopes of encouraging them to help men and women with prison records get hired and become valued employees.

“This is good for our businesses and good for our communities”

“Studies suggest that being employed substantially reduces the risk of all recidivism outcomes,” said Workforce Board Interim Director Donna Van Wert. “This is good for our businesses and good for our communities.”

The guest speakers included John Krause, a former San Quentin inmate, who is now the owner of Big House Beans, a coffee roaster in Antioch. Because he personally understands the struggle for newly released prisoners to find decent jobs, Krause actively seeks ex-convicts as potential employees. He believes they often work harder and are more appreciative of their opportunity.

Also asked to share his experience was Nilton Serva, an ex-gang member who had served two separate terms for burglary convictions before discovering Earn and Learn East Bay. With that program’s help, Serva enrolled at Los Medanos College, sought out job interviews, and successfully became a Costco employee while pursuing his business administration degree.

“We’re seeing interest in hiring formerly incarcerated people, not only because of federal incentives that are available, but because it is an untapped labor market,” said Van Wert, “that under the right circumstances can produce a valuable and loyal employee who provides a tremendous benefit to the bottom line of a business.”

Western Contra Costa County currently has a 78 percent unemployment rate for its residents with prior convictions, said Alan Wang and Tish Gallegos, media contacts for the county’s Employment and Human Services Department.

The purpose of the summit, according to Van Wert, was to show how hiring ex-prisoners can benefit the new employees as well as the companies and cities where they’re situated.

“A lot of business leaders are looking to take advantage of tax credits, fidelity bonding and wage reimbursements,” she said.

CALPIA invests $12 million on prison vocational training expansion

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Vocational training programs in state prisons are being expanded by the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), reports The Folsom Telegraph.

CALPIA reported the $12 million expansion will include all 34 California prisons.

Classes that will be extended include the successful Code.7370 computer coding program at San Quentin State Prison. It will expand to Pelican Bay State Prison and the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility. The maintenance and pre-apprentice programs will expand to Folsom State Prison (FSP), reports The Telegraph.

“Expanding pre-apprentice programs is beneficial for CALPIA participants so they can be job-ready when heading back to their communities,” said Curtis Kelly, PIA board member and Northern California Carpenters Regional Council district manager.

“By working with journeyman professionals, participants learn the highly marketable skills of a trade, set the groundwork for future employment through the trade unions, and work toward a long-lasting, meaningful career.”

In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, offender positions will increase by more than 135 percent, from 488 to 1,148, according to the report.

The vocational programs “have the lowest recidivism rates in the state. When you increase rehabilitative programming opportunities for offenders, you increase the chances for them to be successful and decrease the chances of them returning to prison,” said Charles L. Pattillo, PIA general manager.

The CALPIA Career Technical Education program started in 2006 and currently has a recidivism rate of 7.13 percent. It started as a pre-apprenticeship program with journeyman instructors that were contracted by local trade unions representing carpentry, construction labor and iron working.

Once offenders complete their course, they can work for trade unions upon release. To help the offender get started, initial union dues are paid, and necessary tools are provided.

“Specifically in Folsom State Prison, as well as the Folsom Women’s Facility, we have expanded the pre-apprenticeship programs such as roofing, carpentry, iron worker and these programs have been growing fast,” Pattillo said. “These programs benefit the offenders by giving them the opportunity to learn skills and keep them out of prison.”

One of the programs to be offered is general facilities maintenance and repair, a six-month program. Graduates will be able to take state employment examinations and qualify to work as custodians or maintenance technicians with the Department of General Services upon their release from prison. This program will be instituted statewide.

Another example is the iron worker program, a six-month course in welding, metal work, use of hand tools, and other diverse skills. Graduates of the program earn accredited certifications required by unions. This program is offered at FSP.

In addition to these programs, PIA will work with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to create three new Technical Industry Education programs. A metal/welding program will be offered at California State Prison, Solano (SOL) and Avenal State Prison. An optical program will be offered at SOL.

CALPIA is an independent state agency that operates more than 100 manufacturing, service, and consumable enterprises in all 34 CDCR prisons. CALPIA provides curriculum for offenders that offer 124 nationally recognized accredited certifications.

More information about CalPIA can be found at www.calpia.ca.gov.
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Tackling the story of innocence for an American crime

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Former Green Beret surgeon and convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald is a unique figure as well as an enduring one in the annals of criminal justice — it’s the longest-running criminal case in U.S. history. Is he an innocent man? Or is he guilty of brutally murdering his pregnant wife and their two children? There are reams of evidence to support both sides.

In dramatic fashion, there have been decades of storytelling: talk shows, magazines like Playboy and Vanity Fair, even Hollywood have taken several stabs at prying the truth out of what actually happened Feb. 17, 1970. From 1984 to a show currently in the works, there have been made-for-TV movies, miniseries, true crime investigations.

Janet Malcolm got into the fray in 1990 when she wrote The Journalist and the Murderer. Her book tackles the ethical quagmire that best-selling journalist Joe McGinniss got into after publishing Fatal Vision in 1983. The book came about after McGinniss and MacDonald struck a deal. MacDonald allowed McGinniss extraordinary access to the defense team during his murder trial as well as making available his friends, family, personal correspondence and even his condominium.

How many journalists, Malcolm asks:

“…live with a subject for six weeks, accompany him daily to a murder trial, form a business partnership with him, and write him in prison for three years?”

The book was supposed to portray MacDonald as an honest, decent man and characterize him as innocent. The men would even share in the book’s proceeds. There was only one problem: McGinniss, after studying the evidence, decided MacDonald was guilty.

“—he [McGinniss] successfully hid the fact that in the book under preparation he was portraying MacDonald as a psychopathic killer.”

When Fatal Vision came out MacDonald felt betrayed and sued McGinniss for fraud and breach of contract. In August 1987, the jury deadlocked. The case was settled with MacDonald receiving $325,000.

All these years later, the ethics in reporting that Malcolm raises are every bit as relevant, if not more so, given the current distrust the American public has of journalists. What gives journalism its authenticity and vitality is the tension between the subject’s blind self-absorption and the journalist’s skepticism. Malcolm is well-known for identifying this balance:

“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.”

Malcolm, who toiled cross-country, interviewing both sides of the case as well as visiting MacDonald in prison, examines how it could be that five of the six jurors sided with a convicted murderer over a respected journalist.

The most damaging evidence against McGinniss came when the jury was exposed to the letter he’d written to MacDonald after he was found guilty:

“What the f____ were those people thinking of? How could 12 people not only agree to believe such a horrendous proposition, but agree, with a man’s life at stake, that they believed it beyond a reasonable doubt?”

The jurors believed that the unique journalist-subject relationship entitled MacDonald to honesty, at the very least.

McGinniss’ obvious deceptive nature raises the central question in Malcolm’s book. Does a man who killed his family deserve honesty?

McGinnis’ assessment of MacDonald as a psychopath was supported by the testimony of psychiatrist Michael Stone:

“…a person who has a propensity to murder is beyond the pale of psychotherapy. It is folly to think that a person like that could be corrected through the process of one-on-one therapy. He is a lost soul.”

However, honesty was more important, even if the jury believed Stone. All the same, decades of research refute Stone’s finding that people who murder are beyond the pale.

In San Quentin it’s been demonstrated repeatedly that a criminal’s “insight” into past behavior and the trauma that it caused can forever change that person’s thinking and future behavior. Stone’s assessment fails to consider the impact of victim/offender dialogue or restorative justice principles and how offenders who participate in these types of programs are capable of transforming themselves.   

Unfortunately, we don’t know if any of these rehabilitation practices apply to MacDonald. As long as he continues to claim innocence, rehabilitation doesn’t apply, if he actually is innocent.

One of our finest shakes up SF Giants

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Inmate Curtis Charles took a trip to Candlestick Park to engage in batting practice with the San Francisco Giants. On the way over, he stopped off at television station KRON for a brief interview, which was videotaped and later telecast on Channel 4. Curt was chaperoned by coaches Mike Ferretti and T.L. Baker.

Curt was greeted by numerous reporters and spectators when he arrived at Candlestick Park. He then proceeded to the Giants locker room, where they had set up a special locker for him. He suited up in Gary Alexander’s old No. 42 uniform and headed for the diamond.

On his way, players Jack Clark and Darell Evans wished him well.

Curt warmed up with catcher Mike Sadek. Batting Coach Hank Sauer told him he would follow Willie McCovey in the batting cage. Jim Davenport was the batting-practice pitcher.

Curt said, “When I first went up to bat, I was a little nervous, but after a while the butterflies disappeared. I started hitting line drives and several shots up the middle. It really got good to me. I hit one off the fence, about 375 feet out.”

Curt said that after he left the batting cage, he talked to Terry Whitfield, who gave him a few tips on power. When McCovey had taken his turn in the cage, Curt went up a second time. This trip he almost knocked the stitches loose from the ball, hitting shots all over the field. “I felt more relaxed this time, which is probably the reason why I was sticking so good,” Curt says.

Curt then went out to second base and fielded about 30 to 40 shots off the bat of Davenport.

Curt said the Astroturf is “unbelievable, nothing like what we play on in Esque,” with a slight chuckle in his voice.

“They also tested me for range,” he said, “to see if I had mobility.” Curt didn’t disappoint anybody; his range was good on both sides of the field.

Davenport was particularly impressed by his play and said that with a little improvement he thought Curt could develop into a very good major league ballplayer.

After Curt came off the field, batting coach Hank Sauer let him know that he, too, was very impressed.

He made a statement to San Quentin coach Mike Ferretti to the effect that he would like to have Curt at the Giants training camp at Casa Grande, Ariz.

Ex-major leaguer Curt Flood came over and commended Curt on his play and said he had the right tools to make it.

Before Curt departed from Candlestick, he went over to the bleachers and signed autographs for spectators who wished him well. He said the Yankees have also shown interest in acquiring his services, and he may end up signing with them. However nothing definite has been set at this time.

Curt said what happened to him just goes to show you that it is not impossible to make it if you work hard and remain athletically inclined. “Basketball players, football players, boxers, tennis players, whatever your sport may be, don’t just sit around thinking that you are a convict, because if you work hard and do well you’re bound to get some action,” he said.

“There are many good athletes in San Quentin” said Curt, “and I just hope they will put their talent to use.”

-By Robert Simmons

Death penalty appeal to eliminate capital punishment

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A well-known criminal lawyer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the death penalty case of Abel Daniel Hidalgo because he says it could wipe out capital punishment in America.

“I have spent the last few years with my team looking for cases that highlight the gross problems with the death penalty in practice, and this case is a perfect example of them,” attorney Neal Katyal told BuzzFeed News.

He was also the lead attorney for Hawaii’s challenge to Pres. Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Four justices have been waiting for an opportunity to hear a case of this magnitude, the brief states.

Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Anthony Kennedy have expressed various concerns about the Supreme Court’s handling of death penalty cases.

Hidalgo, an Arizona inmate, has been arguing for the past three years that “The death penalty law is unconstitutional because it doesn’t do enough to narrow who is eligible for the death penalty among those convicted of murder,” the brief maintains.

Katyal’s petition wants the justices to hear Hidalgo’s case and “strike down Arizona’s death penalty law.”

Even though each justice has their own opinion about death penalty laws, Katyal, joined by several other prominent attorneys, contends “the time is now,” to argue his case before the court.

Katyal cited constraints the justices used in their 1976 historical landmark ruling with Gregg v. Georgia. “The evidence is in. The long experiment launched by Gregg in whether the death penalty can be administered within constitutional bounds has failed; it has failed both in Arizona in particular and in the nation more broadly.”

At the time, the Gregg court found that new state death penalty laws were constitutional because they required the finding of aggravating circumstances. The court’s controlling opinion limited who was eligible for execution “so as to minimize the risk of wholly arbitrary and capricious action.”

Today’s Arizona’s death penalty law is such that there are so many aggravating circumstances that “every first-degree murder case filed in Maricopa County in 2010 and 2011 had at least one aggravating factor,” making the person eligible for the death penalty, reported BuzzFeed.

The state’s death penalty scheme has utterly failed “to genuinely narrow the class of persons eligible for the death penalty” as the court has required over the time since Gregg, Katyal maintained.

“A national consensus has emerged that the death penalty is an unacceptable punishment in any circumstances,” according to Katyal’s petition, “The court should take the case and rule that the death penalty, nationwide, is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment.”

Katyal’s petition focuses on three key arguments. “First, states can’t give guidance to ensure that only the worst offenders are sentenced to death. Second, states can’t enforce the death penalty without ensnaring and putting to death the innocent. And finally, the present reality of capital punishment — decades spent on Death Row with the remote but very real possibility of execution — is its own possible constitutional violation.”

In its historical 1976 decision, “The court acknowledged that it might someday revisit the constitutionality of the death penalty in light of more convincing evidence.”

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Death Row Chaplain Recalls S.Q. Executions

Nevada plans to use execute using combination of unproven drugs

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Nevada plans to use a combination of drugs for an execution that has never been used and its effectiveness is unproven, an investigative Global News story reports.

Despite the growing opioid epidemic plaguing a large number of U.S. and Canadian communities, Nevada Department of Corrections wants to use fentanyl in an upcoming execution, the Aug. 31 story reported.

According to author Andrew Russell, “Scott Dozier, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 14 for the 2002 murder of 22-year old Jeremiah Miller who was killed and dismembered. Dozier was already serving a 22-year sentence for the murder of Jasen Green, 27, whose body was also dismembered.

After years of using midazolam and hydromorphone as sedatives, pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer halted sale of its products to the Department of Corrections in 2016 in order to stop them from being used in executions, Russell reported.

After conferring with its chief medical officer, the correctional department’s director selected the combination of diazepam, fentanyl and cisatracurium, Russell reported.

Lethal injections typically involved a three-drug cocktail including a sedative to render the person unconscious, a muscle relaxant to paralyze them, followed by a fatal injection, according to Russell.

“This type of execution “is way out of step with our core values in this state”

“Fentanyl, an opioid that can be 100 times stronger than morphine, will be used in addition to diazepam, a sedative commonly known as Valium, and cisatracurium, which causes paralysis,” he explained.

This type of execution “is way out of step with our core values in this state,” said Tod Story, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. “Nevadans deserve answers on exactly how the state plans to kill a prisoner in its custody.”

Each drug carries its own set of inherent risks when used in a multi-drug execution procedure. Those risks are magnified when we don’t know the source of the drug, the potency and purity of the drug, and circumstances in which it was manufactured, transported and stored,” said Robert Durham of the Death Penalty Information Center.

Durham further states, “These drugs share the problem with all the other drugs states have proposed to use in executions. None was designed to kill people.”

Experts and civil rights groups question the combination of these drugs because they have never been used before.

There is no recorded documentation of its effectiveness or the legality of its use, especially since the manufacturers of these drugs halted the sale of the product to the department, said Russell.

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CDCR officials seek new execution drug

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California corrections officials are asking regulators to approve a revised method to carry out the death penalty.

“The new regulations would allow California’s Death Row inmates at San Quentin State Prison to be executed using one of two different drugs or choose the gas chamber,” The Associated Press reports.

Prison officials will select either the powerful barbiturate pentobarbital or thiopental for each execution “depending on which one is available.” Opponents argue officials are trying to work around a nationwide shortage of these drugs because manufacturers are not making them readily available, according to the AP.

Correctional officials submitted the revised regulations to the state’s lawyers and are following the normal regulatory process until a California Supreme Court ruling intended to speed up executions becomes final.

The state high court upheld a voter approved measure to speed up the death penalty. Approval by state regulators for a one-drug method of execution would be the next step according to the AP.

All of the legal wrangling came about after Kent Scheidegger, director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, sued the state to pressure state officials to adopt new execution regulations.

Scheidegger acknowledged that it is a slow regulatory process, and the state is proceeding cautiously. “But I can’t say that being cautious is a bad thing, because they know they’re going to be sued. They always are,” he said.

The AP reported, “There may be other legal challenges to the final rules.”

However, executions still can’t resume until state and federal judges lift longstanding injunctions that applied to the state’s old execution methods, it was reported. Initially, the state proposed using one of four drugs but dropped two of them after opponents said those drugs had never been used in executions.

Many death penalty opponents questioned whether the new drugs would be safe and effective, the story revealed.

Opponents are already objecting to the new method. For instance, the new rules allow state officials to obtain dangerous drugs from compounding pharmacies, which do not face the same approval process for their products that large manufacturers face, the AP concluded.

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SQN launches new website, SanQuentinNews.com

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The Last Mile inmate coding program, Code.7370, has designed a new website for San Quentin News at www.sanquentinnews.com.

Inmate Harry Hemphill built the website. He graduated from the coding class in April 2015. His work is the third iteration of the website since it debuted in 2010.

Harry Hemphill (center) at work with other coders

Harry Hemphill (center) at work with other coders

“I’ve acquired a lot of technical skills,” said Hemphill. “I’m passionate about giving back to the community.”

According to Hemphill, the project was budgeted for 150 hours of work, but he said it probably took a little more time. He said working on projects for other companies was fun, but having an opportunity to do work for San Quentin News was “engaging and exciting.”

Another Code.7370 graduate and former San Quentin News staff writer, Aly Tamboura, who paroled in October 2016, developed the previous website.

Hemphill worked closely with Tulio Cardoza, who left San Quentin in 2011. He now works as a staff member for Code.7370.

“It’s an honor to be back, and even more of an honor to support (the program),” said Cardoza. “People here take the opportunity they’re given and run with it.”

“Tulio was an asset to get information I didn’t have readily available to me,” said Hemphill. “He gave me the tools and support I needed to get the job done.”

Several News staff members participated with getting the website ready after learning how to add San Quentin News editions, May 2017 through September 2017, to the website.

Because inmates do not have access to the Internet, News staff transferred photos and text from the newspaper’s Adobe InDesign files to WordPress software on a server in the coding program. Once staff members added the information on a stand-alone station in prison, outside Code.7370 staff placed it on the San Quentin News web page.

The idea for a new website was first presented in 2013 when students from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business wrote a 56-page expansion plan for San Quentin News. Later, donations and a grant from The Reva & David Logan Foundation provided funding to make it possible.

Steve McNamara, an adviser to the News since it was revived in 2008, and adviser Jon Spurlock, who wrote the “Haas Plan” while attending U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Business, negotiated with The Last Mile to get the project underway.

McNamara built the first website for San Quentin News. He purchased do-it-yourself software, read the instructions, and with the help of his son posted snapshot versions of the newspaper online.

“What was missing in my primitive version was a search function and a sophisticated design that newspapers have moved to with their web versions,” said McNamara. “Now we will have both.”

After nearly a decade back in operation and almost 100 published editions, San Quentin News now has a website that some say rivals many mainstream newspapers.

Snap shot of the new SQ News' website

Snap shot of the new SQ News’ website

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