During the past couple of months I have spoken to several facility sponsors concerning the Kid CAT Childhood development program and support group. As of today there are a couple of sponsors willing to support me toward proposing a Kid CAT branch … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2018
Club Mexico baseball team spilt double headerm
The San Quentin A’s baseball team spilt a double header with the visiting Club Mexico who traveled from Stockton to do battle for its third year. Club Mexico dominated the first game winning 10-5, but the A’s smoked Club Mexico in the late afternoon … [Read more...]
University of San Francisco visits SQ's Tennis Team
The University of San Francisco Tennis team loves returning to prison – not in handcuffs, but to visit with the San Quentin Inside Tennis Team. “It’s always good to come back and share with those who love the sport,” USF tennis team player Paul … [Read more...]
University Pacific visits SQ's Tennis Team
Students from the University of Pacific Tigers Tennis program came into San Quentin for a second time to play the SQ Inside Tennis Team (ITT). San Quentin’s Earl Williams teamed up with Orlando Harris began the first match. They served the ball … [Read more...]
KID CAT graduates 43 in its fourth cycle
With a class of 43, the largest graduating class yet, a group of inmate facilitators and advisors were in a boisterous mood as they prepared the certificates for the fourth graduating cycle of Kid CAT’s (Creating Awareness Together) First Step … [Read more...]
Resilience: A key factor in growth
Successful adults who overcame difficult childhoods have one thing in common – resilience, according to social scientists. “The dictionary defines resilience as elasticity, which is the ability to recover quickly, and easily…these images are fine … [Read more...]
Young offenders learn expression through poetry
For nearly 15 years New Earth, a nonprofit organization, has served incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth throughout Southern California. New Earth provides youth offenders in juvenile halls, group homes and probation camps with a support … [Read more...]
Prison reform could free 30,000 inmates says CSJ
A series of criminal justice reforms, if adopted, would allow California to return 30,000 inmates to their communities. Each year, California spends a combined $20 billion in state prisons and county jails, according to Safe And Sound: Strategies To … [Read more...]
Private prison labor in question
In Washington, D.C., a group of 18 Republican congressmen are trying to convince the Trump administration to shield private prisons from lawsuits alleging immigrant detainees are forced to work for a wage of $1 a day, The Washington Post reported. At … [Read more...]
Pregnant prisoners shackled
Pregnant female prisoners – even those in the midst of labor – must suffer the indignity and discomfort of mandatorily being shackled and handcuffed by San Diego County Sheriffs, according to a recent Voice of San Diego news article. “Drug-overdose … [Read more...]
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