California lawmakers are advocating to cut billions from state expenditures as spending remains high despite the closing of correctional … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2026
Law proposed to deny child molesters parole
Two child molesters deemed safe to return to society by California’s Board of Parole Hearings stirred up the question: can sex offenders be … [Read more...]
School-to-prison pipeline persists
The failures of education continue to be a contributing factor to mass incarceration, with solutions still being sought. “If we don’t focus … [Read more...]
SQNews moves toward a robust future
The space provided to the San Quentin News in the new Learning Center puts us under a spotlight and at the same time gives us an opportunity to show … [Read more...]
Bonafide and California Reentry Program join forces
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s California Reentry Program merged with the nonprofit organization Bonafide and are now building lives … [Read more...]
Public defender role outsourced
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...]
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...]