Archives for January 2019

Youths held in juvenile detention on the decline in US

January 10, 2019 by John Lam

The number of youths held in juvenile detention is declining in the United States. The total number of youths in confinement declined 58 … [Read more...]

Tennessee prisoner makes ultimate decision in how he wants to die

January 10, 2019 by Richard B. Evans

Death by lethal injection or death by electrocution was, for Edmund George Zagorski, the last major life decision he would make. He was 63 … [Read more...]

Brown signed two laws giving the public more access to police records

January 10, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

In 2017, police officers shot and killed 172 people in California. The police didn’t have to make public any records that could help distinguish … [Read more...]

Nevada Supreme Court rules prisoners not receiving healthy food

January 10, 2019 by Salvador Solorio

Prisoners of Nevada filed a lawsuit claiming food provided by the state is unhealthy. The state Supreme Court agreed with prisoners in their ruling … [Read more...]

Sovereign citizen avoids paying taxes and ends up in contempt

January 10, 2019 by lloyd payne

A tax protester has been held in federal prison for contempt of court more than a year after he refused to respond to an IRS summons, the Dallas News … [Read more...]

State v. Gregory ruled unconstitutional

January 9, 2019 by Richard B. Evans

Abolition of the death penalty is likely in the near future, a constitutional law professor says. “The American death penalty lurched one step … [Read more...]

“O’ DUNGEON MASTER, MY DUNGEON MASTER!

January 8, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

My most lovable & delightfully Large-Than-Life CHRISOPHER: You are the best of Us. Your Irrepressible & Irresistible Spirit convinced the … [Read more...]

Videogame-based novel draws influences from real life

January 6, 2019 by Juan Haines

I recently walked into San Quentin’s library and noticed on a whiteboard a list of books. I asked the clerk, Kevin Rojano, “Which one of these would … [Read more...]

Green Team recruits two men off the yard to beat Warriors

January 6, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

A road closure left the Green Team with only five players, including the 65-year old Don Smith, for a full court game schedule against the San Quentin … [Read more...]

New SQ Athletic Association sees sports as a rehab program

January 6, 2019 by Rahsaan Thomas

For decades, sports at San Quentin involving outside community members have been separate recreational programs. Now two incarcerated men have a … [Read more...]