Archives for March 2020

Let the People Speak: Letters to the Editor

March 16, 2020 by San Quentin News Staff

To San Quentin News, Happy New Year! I hope 2020 is filled with many blessings for the entire news team and that you guys con- tinue to do an … [Read more...]

Around The World

March 16, 2020 by San Quentin News Staff

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News Briefs

March 16, 2020 by Michael Johnson

1. USA — Last year, the state of Texas carried out the most executions in the US with nine. Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee followed with three each. … [Read more...]

America stagnated by “compounding moral debts”

March 16, 2020 by Juan Haines

Two essays that appeared in The Atlantic magazine set up Ta-Nehisi Coates as a voice for African-Americans. He wrote The Case for Reparations in 2014 … [Read more...]

Peace movement takes root in all 36 California prisons

March 16, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

California’s top prison official, Ralph Diaz, says as a society our differences are a good thing, and no matter what a person’s social background is, … [Read more...]

Advocates in Oakland push to end LWOP

March 16, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

California has an estimated 5,000 people serving life without parole (LWOP), and their plight is almost never discussed—especially the way the … [Read more...]

Pelican Bay’s new podcast ‘UNLOCKED’

March 16, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

Creators of a new Pelican Bay podcast look to build community and prisoner relationships—one story at a time, reported the Lost Coast … [Read more...]

Storytellers polish their craft through the San Quentin News Journalism Guild

March 16, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

The second annual San Quentin News Journalism Guild Graduation took place in the Garden Chapel on Jan. 17. Twelve graduates from November’s class … [Read more...]

Marin’s Chief Probation Officer focuses on restorative justice

March 16, 2020 by Kevin.Sawyer

Mike Daly, the chief probation officer in Marin County, believes in restorative justice, something he’s put into practice instead of talking about … [Read more...]

CDCR leader and others seek prison reform answers in Norway

March 16, 2020 by Ike Dodson

Secretary Diaz calls for a sense of urgency for prison reforms As they covered 5,000 miles and an ocean on an international flight on Sept. 14, … [Read more...]