Ben Chandler, 57 has spent five of the six years he has been incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. His favorite painters are Picasso and … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2021
BOOK REVIEW: The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001) opens with a storyline that is hard and edgy. However, as the characters come to life, detailed … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS AUGUST 2021
1. Alabama — Prison officials are asking the federal government if COVID-19 recovery funds can be redirected to improve state prisons with “better, … [Read more...]
Aug 2021-Sports Tier Talk With Tim Hicks
The New York Knicks could not get out of the first-round playoffs and got put out by the Atlanta Hawks. After almost nine years of not being in the … [Read more...]
GOVERNORS USE OF CLEMENCY
Governors can increase the use of their executive authority clemency as a corrective tool in order to reduce mass incarceration in the United States, … [Read more...]
MORE THAN BASKETBALL-Prison Sports Ministry
Prison Sports Ministry (PSM) representatives Don Smith and Bill Epling visited the Media Center at San Quentin on June 30 and had a conversation with … [Read more...]
Plan to Elevate the San Quentin Warriors Game
Coach Jeramiah “JB” Brown said he intends to elevate the San Quentin Warriors basketball team with skills that take the squad to another … [Read more...]
WHITE HOUSE DEVELOPS NEW PARDON PROCESS
The Biden administration has signaled to criminal justice reform activists that he may use his clemency powers to release numerous people incarcerated … [Read more...]
California governor pardons formerly incarcerated firefighters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pardoned two youth offenders from Laos who became firefighters. Bounchan Keola, 39, and Kao Saelee, 41, were … [Read more...]
ARTS: Manuel Flores creates and donates to children with cancer
As a means of dealing with the stress of incarceration and the COVID-19 pandemic, a San Quentin prisoner creates and donates art to children with … [Read more...]