24 California counties have no Office of the Public Defender Everyone has a right to the effective assistance of counsel. If a person cannot … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2026
College offers liberal arts degree for incarcerated
Traditionally and historically, incarcerated persons pursued training for vocations in the trades, and more recently in technology fields like coding, … [Read more...]
Clarifying Cinco de Mayo
Against the odds, San Quentin residents celebrated the 164th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla on May 5. Hundreds came together to build community … [Read more...]
Writer, composer addresses trauma through creativity
Sometimes creativity can come from unlikely sources. San Quentin resident Kevin Moore chooses to turn his trauma and life lessons into children’s … [Read more...]
Seven-to-forever sentencing, part 1
Elderly Lifers A succession of state actions produced elderly Lifers who are tethered to a law that changed 49 years ago. How and why many of these … [Read more...]
Oklahoma’s new law creates intervention program for youth
A new law will take effect Nov. 1, 2026, called The Oklahoma Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents Program. It is an intervention program for … [Read more...]
Kid CAT participant discovers empathy
By Antoine Brown, Contributing Writer Empathy never came to me naturally. Where I came from, one didn’t really sit around thinking about how other … [Read more...]
65-foot dragon descends on SQ’s Lower Yard in Asian American Pacific Islander celebration
“Look that way, over there,” a man shouted excitedly, pointing toward San Quentin’s hills with his right hand, “See what’s coming out of the Learning … [Read more...]