Archives for June 2018

Sacramento County jails targeted by the Prison Law Office

June 27, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Suit alleges systemwide deficiencies lead to mistreatment of prisoners The Prison Law Office and Disability Rights California attorneys filed a … [Read more...]

"Still Font Hear"

June 27, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Where is it written, That silence is permission, That the invisible Must stay hidden, We suffer cruel, And criminal conditions, Denied And Rubber … [Read more...]

Out of prison but not yet free of ICE

June 21, 2018 by Eddie

Borey (PJ) Ai has served his sentence in the California prison system, but he is not yet a free man. Even as he walks the streets of San Francisco and … [Read more...]

San Quentin Reception

June 21, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Waiting for chow waiting to shit waiting right now for the nose to quit, Waiting for mail waiting for sleep waiting for sleep waiting for yells of … [Read more...]

Rebasan inmigrantes capacidad de retención en centros de ICE

June 20, 2018 by Tare Beltranchuc

La crisis migratoria que se vive en la frontera Estados Unidos - México ha ocasionado la liberación masiva de familias migrantes en territorio … [Read more...]

Repairing a guitar leads to repairing chairs community

June 15, 2018 by Joe Garcia

At the public library in Benicia, children and parents value the craftsmanship of San Quentin inmates. SQ’s Furniture Shop recently volunteered its … [Read more...]

Transforming former inmates with “A Man Like Me”

June 15, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

From the prison to the streets, the transformation of a man. That’s the subject of “A Man Like Me” – a play created by four former prisoners taking … [Read more...]

Raising awareness California’s ‘Life Without’

June 13, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, … [Read more...]

The impact on children of incarcerated parents

June 13, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

An audience of fathers at San Quentin State Prison cried as they watched the screening of a film that showed the impact on children when their parents … [Read more...]

Pendarvis Harshaw share tales of Oakland’s history

June 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

Pendarvis Harshaw recently spent some time inside San Quentin showing inmates creative ways to tell their personal histories. He used OG Told Me, his … [Read more...]