Residents in San Quentin embarked on a 66-day journey to nonviolence by focusing on 66 principles of nonviolent choices and actions. The concept … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2024
SQ 2024 Guild graduation ceremony, staff and advisors recognition
The fifth annual San Quentin News Journalism Guild Graduation took place in the Garden Chapel on March 15. Forty graduates from the 2024 class and … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS – May 2024
1. Utah — (The Hill) Transgender women in a Utah facility were discriminated against according to a complaint filed by the The Department of Justice. … [Read more...]
Condemned Row LGBTQIA+ residents hold nation’s first annual interfaith banquet
Earlier this year, San Quentin’s The Sound Mind Company group held the nation’s first Annual Interfaith Banquet for its Condemned Row LGBTQIA+ … [Read more...]
Prison art exhibit gains traction
Prison art exhibitions bring public awareness to incarcerated people’s experiences and are truly worth more than a thousand words, according to The … [Read more...]
North Block residents start in-block self-help groups
In the midst of reimaging San Quentin, self-help groups are made available in North, South, and West Block housing units, due to long waiting lists. … [Read more...]
Death Row author overcame dyslexia, published ten books
Living on California’s Condemn Row also known as Death Row and being lockedup 24 to 20 hours a day in a tiny cell, condemn resident Albert “Ru-Al” … [Read more...]
Death Row transfers: Residents in SQ’s Death Row are transferred according to governor’s plan
CDCR is in the process of phasing out its Death Row units at San Quentin and the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF). San Quentin’s Condemned … [Read more...]
ABE III teacher King talks about his journey to San Quentin
When the head of a prison asked him casually at a mutual friend’s birthday party to consider teaching at his carceral institution, he replied, “What? … [Read more...]
SQTV’s Brian Asey reunites with his family
Brian Asey, 57, paroled from San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in March, after serving 26 years in prison. Originally sentenced to 85 years to life … [Read more...]