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Archives for November 2018

Florida hosts prison reform conference – FICPFM

November 30, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Photo by Dale Ramos

More than 50 social justice organizations led by formerly incarcerated people met in Orlando, Fla., last month. The occasion was the second national … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Reform Tagged With: Alabama, FICPFM, Florida, voting rights

50 men graduate from California Re-entry Institute

November 29, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Photo by Alvin Timbol

The idea behind the California Re-entry Institute (CRI) is to begin the re-integration process in prison and continue support services once … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Parole and Release, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: California Re-entry Program, California Reentry Institute, Collette Carroll, Reentry

Beso Negro performs in year's final yard show at SQ

November 29, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

The Bay Area’s gypsy swing, band Beso Negro (Black Kiss) treated San Quentin prisoners to acoustic musical mastery at its Sept. 29 event, which was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Recently Posted Tagged With: Beso Negro, SQ Music Program, SQ Yard Show

THE RIGHT “HIGH”

November 27, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

The word high: generally gets the attention of the incarcerated and is universally understood-but everyone has their own literal interpretation of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters

UNA SOLA CREACION

November 25, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Cantemosle a la pradera Al rio y al rosal Y tambien al blanco cisne De belleza sinigual. Celebremos dia tras dia Y cantemosle a la luna Dia tras dia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters, Poetry Tagged With: poem

Experts urge more post-conviction support

November 24, 2018 by Charles Stanley Longley

America needs to significantly improve opportunities for inmates released from prison, three university professors and authors have stated. “Reform … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice

CA leads nation in women on Death Row

November 20, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Courtesy of CDCR

California leads the nation with 23 women on Death Row, but the condemned women are largely invisible and forgotten behind bars, and their stories … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Most Read Tagged With: California Institution for Women, Central California Women’s Facility, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, incarcerated women

A SAFER WORLD

November 18, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

WE all need a safer world Where you and I don’t live with fear Where the threat of war and violence Don’t Make people shed a tear Let’s get rid of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters, Poetry Tagged With: poem

Pastor Pham's message of love in and outside of SQ

November 16, 2018 by David Ditto

Photo by Lt. S. Robinson

Decades ago, in the midst of preaching the gospel, Pastor Tom Pham exited the podium, hopped onto a motorcycle and escaped the scene as the Vietnamese … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Profiles, Religious Programs Tagged With: Vietnamese

AROUND THE WORLD NOVEMBER 2018

November 15, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

  “Some 70 million Americans have a criminal record – a number equal to Americans with a college degree,” according to the Brennan Center for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News Tagged With: WORLD TRAVELS

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