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Archives for August 2024

Self-help and self-discovery programs provide insight on victimization

August 7, 2024 by Vincent O'Bannon

Volunteers exchanging views on the self-help programs offered at SQ

Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are proving skeptics wrong by transforming themselves through self-help and self-discovery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Life Support Alliance support informs residents on insight, parole hearing

August 6, 2024 by Michael Callahan

Over a hundred San Quentin residents attended a four-day “Connecting the Dots” workshop to gain knowledge about causative factors of crime, the act of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Staff redeem their losing streak with win in kickball

August 6, 2024 by Marcus Casillas

The first kickball match organized by San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s California Model resource team allowed staff to redeem their losing streak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, SPORTS

Kid CAT partners with The Beat Within for weekly writing workshop

August 6, 2024 by Chase Benoit

It is a Monday night in the ARC trailer on San Quentin’s Lower Yard. There is a circle of chairs with incarcerated people and two outside volunteers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: KidCAT, Recently Posted

San Quentin residents make hygiene care packages for indigent, newcomers

August 5, 2024 by Michael Callahan

Cody Brown, Mark Hensley and Joe Hancok organizing hygiene products

Hundreds of San Quentin residents donated hygiene supplies to help provide over a hundred care packages for indigent residents and newcomers to San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Recently Posted

Nearly half of American prisons located near toxic water sources

August 4, 2024 by George Franco

Thousands exposed to toxins linked to cancer According to a new study, cancer causing pollutants, known as “forever chemicals” maybe found in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Research Tagged With: American Journal of Public Health, The Hill

El luto entre los encarcelados

August 4, 2024 by Edwin Chavez

La comunidad de San Quentin se unió por tercera vez en conmemorar a los residentes y voluntarios que fallecieron durante el año 2023.  El … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ESPANOL, Recently Posted, SPANISH, Uncategorized

Multi-day workshop educates residents on science of reconditioning body

August 3, 2024 by Michael Callahan

Dads Back! Academy Moving Forward theatre workshop participant doing a trust exercise with teaching artist Jim Macdonald

San Quentin residents attended a multiple-day workshop to inform themselves about the three parts used by the brain to connect personality with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner

Annual Narcotics Anonymous banquet held for first time since COVID-19

August 3, 2024 by Edwin Chavez

The Narcotics Anonymous group hosted its annual banquet at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center July12, which packed a large crowd of residents and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Narcotics Anonymous

‘Tough on crime’ is making a comeback, weakening criminal justice reforms

August 2, 2024 by William Burley

crime scene tape in building with blurred forensic team backgrou

Lawmakers across the United States are retreating on criminal justice reforms, moving back toward a “tough on crime,” according to an article in USA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legislation, Recently Posted

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