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Archives for December 2018

Queens of the Stone Age, Deadsy & Queeny King rock out at SQ

December 31, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Queens of the Stone Age "Go with the Flow"

San Quentin is still on many great musicians’ “must” list of places to perform. Queens of the Stone Age, Queeny King and Deadsy are now among the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured, Human Interest, Most Read, Profiles Tagged With: Queeny King, SQ Music Program

10th annual San Quentin CARES "Walk for a Cure" builds community

December 30, 2018 by David Ditto

SQ CARES - Volunteers and organizers on Lower Yard

Community members, volunteers and San Quentin inmates joined forces the first weekend in October to fight breast cancer at the 10th Annual “Walk for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Health Care, Human Interest, Prison Programs, Recently Posted Tagged With: SQ CARES, Women’s Cancer Resource WCRC

Homeless center helps to reduce overdoses of addicted teens

December 30, 2018 by John Lam

A homeless center for youths in San Francisco has found success reducing overdoses and helping addicted teens find sobriety through harm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Recently Posted, Youth Offender Tagged With: Overdose Victims, San, San Francisco, San Francisco’s intravenous drug users, Youth Justice Coalition

Former youth offenders start Kid CAT program at Lancaster

December 30, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Kit Cat Lancaster

The successful San Quentin Kid CAT program for youth offenders is expanding to Lancaster Prison, thanks to help from three former inmates. “It was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions, Juvenile Justice, Prison Programs, Recently Posted, Youth Offender Tagged With: Kid CAT branch, Kid CAT Childhood development program, Lancaster

Kid CAT banquet honors the forgotten voices of youth

December 30, 2018 by John Lam

Kid CAT Banquet

Kid CAT celebrated the “forgotten voices” of youth at its 2018 annual banquet. “Tonight’s Banquet was about bringing awareness to the youths, who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Juvenile Justice, Most Read, Youth Offender Tagged With: Kid CAT branch

Rival teams join forces for All-Star basketball game

December 30, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Lakers bench

Wives, fathers, girlfriends, sons, fiancés, brothers, and old friends surrounded an outdoor basketball court bordered by barbwire to experience the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Sports Tagged With: basketball

21st century solutions to 20th century problems

December 29, 2018 by San Quentin News Staff

PUP Academic Conference

They came from all over the prison and the nation. Scholars dressed in standard blue prison uniforms walked down a staircase that leads from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured, Most Read, Prison Programs Tagged With: Prison University Project

Native Hawaiian Religious Group holds annual feast

December 29, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Makahiki 1

San Quentin was treated to a Hawaiian celebration of food, laughs and music. About 75 prisoners and two dozen Bay Area community members enjoyed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Music, Recently Posted Tagged With: Asian Prisoner’s Support Community, Hawaii

Damaging effects on female prisoners’ care and critical services

December 29, 2018 by Achilles

Photo by Eddie Herena, SQN

Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by staff shortages that are having damaging effects on female prisoners’ care and critical services, re- ported … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Federal BOP, Health Care Tagged With: Federal, incarcerated women

Incarcerated women bringing #MeToo movement to prisons

December 29, 2018 by Lisa Strawn

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh campaigning against street harassment of women with her poster “Stop Telling Women to Smile”

Women on the outside are doing their work to bring incarcerated women into the #MeToo movement. According to a piece from The Fire Inside, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Legal Tagged With: incarcerated women

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