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Archives for May 2018

Christmas

May 27, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Gun towers, barb wire, concrete And fear, They seem to fade away Around this time of year. Just when this world seems to tear you apart Let us hold … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays

Life of crime overturned by positive choices

May 26, 2018 by John Lam

Younger brother Tony Douangmalalay, niece Caylen, Mother Pat, nephew C.J. and younger brother Caven

A variety of rehabilitative programs, including dance, helped Anouthinh Pangthong turn his life around despite a rocky youth and 21 years in prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Youth Offender Tagged With: Anouthinh Panthong, crack dealers, First Step curriculum, kid cat, refugee camp in Thailand, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin Utilizing Inmate Resources Experiences and Studies, Solitary confinement, SQUIRES, Tony Douangmalalay

ROOTS Solidarity Run helps spirits of the community

May 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

ROOTS’ basketball event with Top: Danny Thongsy, Nate Tan, Roger Chung, Troy Smith, Asian Health Services member and Chau Vi. Bottom: Donte Smith, Nighiep Ke Lam, Tracy Nguyen and Zitsue Lee

While community volunteers ran in the Oakland Run Festival to raise money for an ethnic studies program at San Quentin State Prison, 33 incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, Sports Tagged With: APSC, Asian Prisoner’s Support Community, Kevin “K” Neang, Oakland Run Festival, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison

Dealing with an unexpected loss of a loved one

May 24, 2018 by Juan Haines

Author Sheryl Sandberg and co-writer Adam Grant

For the most part, incarcerated people aren’t worried about the impact of social media—we’re disconnected. And, if I walk around the prison yard 100 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review

Coming back to prison to help bridge the digital divide

May 23, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Tulio Cardozo speaking with TV and podcast host Sway

Behind San Quentin’s walls, there is a pair of programs dedicated to closing the digital divide, Code.7370 and TLMWORKS. Tulio K. Cardozo, a former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Prison Programs, Profiles, Recently Posted Tagged With: Beverly Parenti, CAL PIA, CalPIA, Code.7370, Jon Gripshover, San Quentin, San Quentin News, San Quentin State Prison, The Last Mile, TLM Works, TLMWORKS, Tulio Cardozo

LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Eddie Hollingsworth III

May 22, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

It’s five days after my total hip replacement, and Sonoma Valley Hospital is trying to send me back to San Quentin. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Ad-Seg, California Health Care Facility, CHCF, Eddie Hollingsworth, Eddie Hollingsworth III, Oureshi Paatkintola, San Quentin, Sonoma Valley Hospital

UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats

May 20, 2018 by William Harris

Tina Curiel-Allen with Daniel Mendoza

To combat the stigmas facing formerly incarcerated people at the University of California Davis, two students established the Beyond the Stats program … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: Beyond the Stats, Black community, Cal Davis, Chicano community, Daniel Mendoza, San Quentin News, Tina Curiel-Allen, University of California Davis

Unlicensed civilians working as paid reserve police officers

May 19, 2018 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

American money- cash

At least 3,000 unlicensed civilians are working as paid reserve police officers in Michigan with little or no controls in place, The Detroit Free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs

SQ parolee serves up more than just coffee in Antioch

May 18, 2018 by Joe Garcia

John Krause with the Big House Beans staff

Coffee entrepreneur John Krause can relate to the slim employment prospects most ex-cons face upon parole. As a former San Quentin inmate himself, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Profiles Tagged With: BHB, Big House Beans, Claire Gelbart, Coffee entrepreneur, East Bay TImes, former San Quentin inmate, John Krause, KTVU FOX2 News, San Quentin News, UC Berkeley

Kansas town known for its many prisons elects ex-con as Mayor

May 18, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Jermaine Wilson

Jermaine Wilson ran the streets as a drug dealer, did time on a maximum security prison yard, and now he is the mayor of a major America city. Wilson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Parole and Release

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