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...]

Life of crime overturned by positive choices

May 26, 2018 by John Lam

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...]

ROOTS Solidarity Run helps spirits of the community

May 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

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...]

Dealing with an unexpected loss of a loved one

May 24, 2018 by Juan Haines

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...]

Coming back to prison to help bridge the digital divide

May 23, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

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...]

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...]

UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats

May 20, 2018 by William Harris

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

Unlicensed civilians working as paid reserve police officers

May 19, 2018 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

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...]

SQ parolee serves up more than just coffee in Antioch

May 18, 2018 by Joe Garcia

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...]

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

May 18, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

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...]