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Mock interviews and résumé workshops offer reentry preparedness

August 6, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

San Quentin’s Prison 2 Employment Connection program held its Employer Day event that featured interviews with employers and connected incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: P2EC, Prison 2 Employment Connection

Semi-annual Children’s Book Fair a literary hit

August 3, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Incarcerated build connection between society and prison through literacy Residents rushed into the small prison library 10 to 15 at a time where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Berkeley Public Library, Book Passage, Copperfield’s Book Store, Friends of the San Quentin Library, San Francisco Public Library, San Quentin library

San Quentin Stitchers donate handmade regalia

August 1, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

In a small library lined with computer stations and a few square tables in the center of the room, over 70 residents moved to and from the counter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Stitchers of San Quentin

San Francisco Police Department joins residents to discuss public safety and shared trauma

July 31, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

As San Quentin residents took turns making accountability statements in a large circle, over 35 police officers from various departments joined the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLITICS Tagged With: Child Protective Services, CPS, David Lazar, SFPD

Reentry improvements on the horizon

July 14, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Project Rebound’s Director George Turner and Doris Fendt, a College and Career Counselor at San Francisco State, visited San Quentin to discuss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Doris Fendt, George Turner, Project Rebound, San Francisco State

‘The Body Keeps the Score’ author discusses trauma-informed rehabilitation

July 7, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

San Quentin residents and James Fox, Director of the Prison Yoga Project, hosted renowned therapist and author Dr. Bessel van der Kolk to discuss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Bessel van der Kolk, James Fox, Prison Yoga Project

Town Hall discussion centers on medical transportation concerns

July 5, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Pedro Cruz David Clifford Captain Spencer and Rolon Morris are on the job in front of SQ medical center.

Residents voiced their concerns to Transportation Department staff about appointment cancellations, wearing restraints, long wait times, and feelings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HEALTHCARE Tagged With: medical

News Briefs across the nation — July 2025

July 1, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

1. California (Golden Gate Media) – California governor Gavin Newsom proposed reducing the $12 billion state budget deficit by closing another prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NEWS BRIEFS

Conflict resolution and effective communication program graduates 20

June 2, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

On May 1, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center honored 19 incarcerated individuals for completing the voluntary 150-hour Transformative Mediation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Transformative Justice Institute, Transformative Mediation program, Veterans Group of San Quentin

Native Hawaiian religious group receives ukuleles

May 28, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

“This is probably the best gift I got in prison,” said resident Talia Opeti, holding one of 11 new ukuleles donated by the Rossmoor Ukulele Club and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Religious Programs

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