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San Quentin celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

August 5, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

The Asian-American Pacific Islander community at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center observed AAPI Heritage Month with festivities on San Quentin’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HOLIDAYS Tagged With: AAPI Heritage Month, San Quentin

Mount Tamalpais College graduates seven San Quentin residents 

July 29, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

In a full house of 300 guests and residents, San Quentin’s Mount Tamalpais College, known locally as MTC, celebrated its 2026 commencement at San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION Tagged With: Mt. Tamalpais College, San Quentin

SFDA Brooke Jenkins hosts Access to Hope Symposium at San Quentin

July 28, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins held the second annual Access to Hope Symposium, May 29, in Chapel B at San Quentin Rehabilitation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LAW ENFORCEMENT, Local News Tagged With: Brooke Jenkins, Nathan Hochman, San Quentin, SFDA

BPH denies 10,000 years in 2025

July 23, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

The California Board of Parole Hearings denied an aggregate of 9,886 years to incarcerated persons in 2025, according to a San Quentin News analysis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings

Channel Guide outage upsets San Quentin residents

July 22, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

By C. K. GerhartsreiterStaff Writer In today’s television-centric San Quentin, having a guide to help with show planning would go a long way to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: San Quentin

Aspiring public defenders discuss effective counsel in San Quentin

June 29, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Thirteen law students, all of them aspiring public defenders, participated in a symposium with San Quentin Rehabilitation Center residents in Chapel B … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM Tagged With: cdcr, Monterey College of Law, public defender, San Quentin, University of San Francisco Law School

Inagural Incarcerated Hearts graduation reunites couples

April 25, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

By C. K. Gerhartsreiter Of the 120 beating hearts present in Chapel B on the day before Valentine’s Day, precisely 22 of them found themselves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Incarcerated Hearts, San Quentin

Governor’s 2026 CDCR budget increases as population declines

March 16, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Nearly six percent decrease in population and two percent increase in budget By C. K. Gerhartsreiter, Staff Writer Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget … [Read more...]

Filed Under: POLITICS Tagged With: cdcr, Gavin Newsom, San Quentin

Book review: A distant mirror into politics

February 11, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Could a president of the United States ever dismantle democratic institutions, silence the press, and establish a paramilitary force to crush dissent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BOOK REVIEW Tagged With: Sinclair Lewis

OIG finds multiple prisons out of compliance with court-mandated “heat plan”

February 8, 2026 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Whether one believed in climate change or not, excessive heat in prisons has remained a reality that few incarcerated persons would regard with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR Tagged With: California State Prison Concoran, California State Prison LAC, cdcr, Coleman v. Newsom, High Desert State Prison, Jeffrey Macomber, Office of the Inspector General

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