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Archives for February 2021

SNIPPETS, February 2021

February 27, 2021 by Jonathan Chiu

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Snippets# symbol isn’t officially called hashtag or pound. Its technical name is octothorpe. The “octo-” means “eight” to refer to its points, though … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Snippets Tagged With: snippets

San Quentin college students defend Ethics Bowl championship against UC Santa Cruz (before COVID)

February 27, 2021 by David Ditto

Student debate teams from the College Program at San Quentin and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) matched wits once again on the prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, Featured, Prison Programs, Prison Stories Tagged With: Ethics Bowl

RE:STORE JUSTICE: National Gun Violence Survivors week

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News Contributor

In February we acknowledge National Gun Violence Survivors week. I would guess that many of you, like me, are survivors of Gun Violence. It’s a club … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Opinion Tagged With: gun enhancements, Restore Justice

The case of Von Staich with incarcerated people at SQ

February 26, 2021 by Alfred King

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A California appeals court has ordered San Quentin to significantly reduce the prison’s population and take steps to protect the incarcerated and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19, legal

Pope Francis seeks end to capital punishment

February 26, 2021 by A.J. Hardy

Vatican City — Pope Francis has brought the Catholic Church’s stance on capital punishment and life imprisonment to the end of a centuries-long … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Religious Programs Tagged With: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Pope Francis

Nina Simone: legendary singer, songwriter and civil rights activist

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

Born Nina Simone Catherine Waymon, Nina was a singer, songwriter and a civil rights activist. She recorded more than 40 albums between 1947 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Music, Profiles Tagged With: Arts in Corrections program, music

Geto Boys in a league of their own in the hip hop genre

February 26, 2021 by Marcus Henderson

“This year Halloween fell on a weekend / Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating,” sang the rap group Geto Boys on their hit single “Mind Playing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music, Profiles Tagged With: music

Bell Hooks – professor, feminist, and social activist

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

bell hooks (Sept. 1952-Present) born Gloria Jean Watkins, is an author, professor, feminist and social activist. Her pen name bell hooks comes from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Profiles Tagged With: book review, profile

1995’s The Million Man March in Washington, D.C.

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

On October 16, 1995 more than a million Black men gather at the nation’s Capitol Hill and Mall in Washington DC for “A Day of Atonement.” This past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Back in the Day, Most Read Tagged With: public protest

Letter To The Editor, James King, February 2021

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

To My San Quentin Community: This has been one hell of a year. Under the easiest of times, prisons are a hard place to live. This year it became … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Letters Tagged With: Letters to the Editor

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