U.S. veterans filled the San Quentin visiting rooms with the joy of holiday giving once again this December as they stuffed bags full of toys for … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2023
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone leads Christmas Eve Mass
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone returned to San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel to celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass for the first time since … [Read more...]
Catholic Christmas banquet features renewal of vows
Some 900 parishioners and long-time volunteers of San Quentin’s Christian communities gathered on two Saturdays in December to celebrate the return of … [Read more...]
SQ celebrates rebirth, Black cultural heritage with Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, a celebration of Black struggles, cultural heritage and the nurturing of community excellence, was on full display in San Quentin in … [Read more...]
Angela Davis honored with Oakland museum exibit
Iconic revolutionary’s lifeand struggles chronicled in‘Angela Davis: Seize the Time’ Even as she appeared on the FBI’s ten most wanted list, this … [Read more...]
Gov. Newsom issues pardons
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently granted 10 pardons, according to a report in the Marin Independent Journal. Among those pardoned was one person … [Read more...]
Oregon commutes death sentences en masse
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has commuted 17 death sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Associated … [Read more...]
ELEANOR JACKSON PIEL: ‘ELEGANT PAIN IN THE NECK’
IN MEMORIAM Described as “the courts’ most elegant pain in the neck” by the New York Times, activist lawyer Eleanor Jackson Piel has died at … [Read more...]
ALBERT WOODFOX: MEMBER OF THE ‘ANGOLA THREE’
Albert Woodfox, who died Aug. 4, 2022, was unbroken by more than 40 years in solitary confinement in the notorious Angola Louisiana State … [Read more...]
SUE RUSSO: SURVIVOR, PRISONERS’ RIGHTS ACTIVIST
IN MEMORIAM A prison advocate’s selfless acts during their struggle and journey toward redemption are rarely recognized. Sue Russo, longtime … [Read more...]
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