San Quentin residents joined Americans everywhere observing the new national holiday, Juneteenth, celebrating the formal end of slavery. “I think … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2021
Letters to the Editor: Inmates, Covid and Lupus? July 2021
Dear Editor: My name is Tania Le’June Washington, and I am a prisoner here at the Central California’s Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, California. … [Read more...]
SQ Roofing Project’s ambitious aims
The most expensive project in CDCR to include the use of incarcerated men was near completion at San Quentin’s PIA facility before the prison was … [Read more...]
Banksy mural turns old British jail into historic treasure
A mural on a former British jail has triggered efforts to preserve the building from developers. The Reading Gaol jail was up for sale, but a bid … [Read more...]
Changing the culture at Riker’s Island
Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections Vincent Shiraldi flew to California for one day with one specific goal—to step inside San … [Read more...]
News briefs, July 2021
Arizona—Prison officials are taking steps to use hydrogen cyanide, the same gas used in Nazi extermina-tion camps, to kill death row inmates, The … [Read more...]
Ready for sports
Most restrictions are lifted and the athletes at the Q are ready to get back to doing what they love and that is, playing sports. The Q has been … [Read more...]
Sports Tier Talk With Tim Hicks
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving sparked a conversation about changing the NBA logo to Kobe Bryant on Instagram earlier this year. The Detroit Free … [Read more...]
Editor’s Desk, By Marcus Henderson, Editor-in-Chief
Loud cheers erupted in San Quentin housing units as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder and … [Read more...]
Program Profile: Yoga Returns to San Quentin
When programs reopened after the COVID-19 lock-down, Yoga instructor James Fox was one of the first volunteers to return to San Quentin State … [Read more...]