Nationwide, people with criminal records are facing unnecessary discrimination by public housing authorities, limiting their access to housing … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2023
CDCR PAROLE ADMINISTRATOR URGES ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION
KAREN ARCENAS REED OFFERS FRESH IDEAS; ARTICLE URGES ELDERLY AND NONVIOLENT RELEASES “The year is 2030. Five California prisons have closed over … [Read more...]
WHO IS RAUL HIGGINS?
Greetings and welcome to San Quentin. My name is Raúl Higgins. I am excited to be the new Kid CAT Speaks Writer! I love writing stories and it has … [Read more...]
WHEN KIDS ARE DOING THEIR PARENTS’ TIME
Children serve punishment along with their criminally convicted parents serving jail or prison sentences. In the middle of what seemed an … [Read more...]
KID CAT KICKS COVID, RETURNS AFTER THREE-YEAR HIATUS
By Raul Higgins, Contributing Writer After a 3-year hiatus, San Quentin’s Kid CAT program makes a resilient return, helping incarcerated men … [Read more...]
SQNEWS CELEBRATES 15 YEARS SINCE REBOOT
June marks 15 years since warden Robert Ayers Jr. revived the San Quentin News after more than 20 years. Today, 35,000 newspapers are printed and … [Read more...]
PRISON TO EMPLOYMENT’S FIRST POST-COVID GRADUATION, EMPLOYER EVENTS HELD AT SQ
Employers, reentry, and other job placement professionals convened at Prison 2 Employment Connection’s first post-COVID Employer Day at San Quentin … [Read more...]
VIETNAM VET GARY COOPER EARNS RELEASE
BELOVED WEST BLOCK RESIDENT LEAVES LAUGHTER, FRIENDSHIPS IN HIS WAKE San Quentin resident Gary Cooper found freedom at the age of 74. A parole … [Read more...]
SOUTHBOUND: TARE BELTRANCHUC GOES HOME
After three parole grants, Tare Beltranchuc, better known to friends as Cancún, finally signed his release papers in April after 12 commissioners … [Read more...]
READY 4 LIFE REENTRY OPENS DOORS
NEW PROGRAM OFFERS TECH TRAINING, GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT A state-of-the-art residential career campus for formerly incarcerated people … [Read more...]