Formerly incarcerated firefighters can now get fire protection jobs when released. A law passed three years ago allows them to apply to have … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2023
RESIDENTS OF H-UNIT FIND HEALING IN PLANTS
A San Quentin garden program uses the power of planting and growing to help students apply what they learn to their rehabilitation. The … [Read more...]
HELPING THEMSELVES
EARNED LIVING UNITS DEAL WITH LONG WAITLISTS BY STARTING THEIR OWN GROUPS San Quentin’s Earned Living Units are providing programs for themselves … [Read more...]
INCARCERATED WRITERS SHARE THEIR TALENT IN ANNUAL PUBLIC READING
WILLIAM JAMES ASSOCIATION EVENT IN SQ CHAPEL PROMOTES CREATIVITY AND WRITING SKILLS Seventeen San Quentin Prison residents shared their … [Read more...]
FOUNDER OF RADIO DIARIES PODCAST VISITS SQ
JOE RICHMAN EXPOUNDS ON 30 YEARS OF RADIO BROADCASTING EXPERIENCE … [Read more...]
FORMERLY INCARCERATED FILMMAKER WINS AWARD
ADAMU CHAN WINS DIRECTOR DEBUT FOR 'WHAT THESE WALLS WON'T HOLD A formerly incarcerated documentary filmmaker, who honed his skills in San … [Read more...]
MAN WITH MANY HATS
OUR BEHIND THE SCENE AND TRUSTED RESEARCHER STUART WAGNER The masthead of the San Quentin News lists Stuart Wagner as one of its 13 “Advisers.” … [Read more...]
TUTORING PROGRAM RETURNS AFTER COVID HIATUS
After a long pause, Berkeley students have returned to San Quentin to teach incarcerated students to read, write and solve math problems, working … [Read more...]
FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO RIG UP TRUCK DRIVING CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
A telephone conversation between a father a nd h is d aughter took a n u nexpected turn that resulted in the creation of an opportunity for San … [Read more...]
SQ CELEBRATES 4TH WITH FOOD, MUSIC, FLAGS AND FAMILY
San Quentin Visiting program administrators have hosted another successful Fourth of July celebration. Visitors and residents were treated to … [Read more...]
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