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Archives for June 2018

Hermanos Unidos wins, 8-0, over SQ soccer team

June 11, 2018 by Eddie Herena

San Quentin’s B-Team opened its season with an 8-0 loss in a friendly match against U.C. Berkeley’s Hermanos Unidos (United Brothers). Both A and B … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Crawford, Hermanos Unidos, Manuel Esqueda, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison, Tare “Cancun” Beltranchuc, U.C. Berkeley, United Brothers

The Manson Women and Me; Monsters, Morality, and Murder by Nikki Meredith

June 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

  It took Nikki Meredith more than two decades of prison visits, trips into the California desert, and prolonged research to knit her memories, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: infidels, Leslie Van Houten, Nikki Meredith, Patricia Krenwinkel, Robert Jay Lifton, San Quentin News, Susan Atkins, Tate-LaBianca, Tate-LaBianca murders, The Manson Women and Me

Youth offender who realizes opportunity a little too late

June 11, 2018 by John Lam

Andrew Joseph Biovin with NFL player Brendon Ayanbadejo

Many youth offenders who find themselves incarcerated at San Quentin fail to recognize the opportunities available to them and end up transferred to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: “BE-IT”, AB1276, Benefiting Each Individual Together, Biovin, California’s Men’s Colony, kid cat, Level 4 prison, Miguel Sifuentes, Receive and Release, YOP, Youth Offender

Dear Kid CAT by Saul Martinez

June 11, 2018 by CDCR

My name is Saul Martinez and I have been incarcerated for the past 20 years and on Jan. 9, 2018, I was found suitable for parole during my first board … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Centinela State Prison, deported to Mexico, Gang Awareness and Recovery group, kid cat, Prep Turning Point, Saul Martinez, Youth Offender

Unfretted about Cellist Zuill Bailey

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Armed with horsehair bow, The cellist reaches down through, Vertical teachings, Through horizontal stratagem, Discovering subtle, powerful sound … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ‘Unfretted’, Cellist Zuill Bailey, classical sound, Drawing, Mike (Muddy Six-Nine) Hedger, Mike Hedger, Muddy Six-Nine, poem, poetry, Zuill Bailey

CA senators bill baring juveniles from adult courts

June 11, 2018 by John Lam

Two California senators introduce a bill that would bar prosecutors from trying juveniles 15 years old and younger in adult court. The proposal that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Holly J. Mitchell, Jeff Stone, Los Angeles Times, Ricardo Lara, Youth Offender, youth offenders

New employment policies to help hire formerly incarcerated

June 9, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Grammy-winning John Legend with members of Unlocked Futures

Music superstar John Legend is using his celebrity status to gather national support for Unlocked Futures, a new foundation aimed at helping formerly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Amanda Alexander, Detroit Justice Center, Dirk Van Velzen, Entrepreneurship, John Legend, New Swell, Obodo, Prison Scholar Fund, San Quentin News, Unlocked Futures

Grammy award winning Zuill Bailey performs in SQ

June 9, 2018 by Kevin.Sawyer

Zuill Bailey performing in the San Quentin Chapel

A Grammy Award-winning cellist, Zuill Bailey, performed an hour-long concert at San Quentin State Prison’s Protestant Chapel. Bailey is considered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: 325-year-old cello, Allemande, Bach Cello Suite No. 1, cellists, cello, Courante, Grammy award-winning musician, Mozart, premier cellists, uncommon music, Zuill, Zuill Bailey

Digital Divide Explained

June 7, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Which game do your prefer, SCRABBLE or SUDOKU? One works like the world you know. One operates like the digital cloud. The digital cloud is just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: digital cloud, digital divide, Editorial, Marshall McLuhan, Opinion, San Quentin, scrabble, sudoku

SQ parolee helps troubled teens through music

June 7, 2018 by Achilles

John Wallace

By the time John Wallace was released from San Quentin, he had written 75 songs. John Wallace, 39, who discharged in 2003, founded a project called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: All of My Life, bullying, criminal justice system, John Wallace, Legion Beats in San Rafael, Marin City, Marin Independent Journal, trauma

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