San Quentin sits at the vanguard of CDCR’s modest rehabilitative efforts. Each month, the S.Q. News profiles any of a number of S.Q. programs. In this … [Read more...]
VOEG –Where Survivors Meet the Perpetrators
The muggy summer air inside of a small classroom buzzed with a nearly visible electric tension. Eleven men and one woman sat in a circle attentively … [Read more...]
The Enduring Problem of Over-Familiarity
San Quentin State Prison boasts the highest number of community volunteers and staff sponsorships in the entire state, if not the nation. Every day a … [Read more...]
New Addition to the Roster Of Faiths at San Quentin
The religious program at San Quentin has expanded its borders to include a small but dedicated group of Wicca practitioners. The group, or “coven” as … [Read more...]
The Ups, Downs Of Hobby Shop Regulations
(Part 2 of 2 parts) With the exception of suggestions for revising the cumbersome procedure for ordering materials and supplies, longtime hobby … [Read more...]
Why All the Cuts in Rehabilitation
PROGRAM HEAD LISTS PRIORITIES Six months after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced plans to cut $250 million … [Read more...]
A Promising New Way to Find Justice
A group of some 50 prisoners joined a mixed selection of visitors in the Catholic Chapel recently to participate in a restorative justice workshop and … [Read more...]
Hobby Shop – Duffy’s Answer to Violence
In a dusty, busy room, men sit behind utilitarian workbenches, some carefully applying finishing touches to beautifully hand-made wooden jewelry … [Read more...]
3 Years Later – The Vanishing R in CDCR
Just over three years ago the state’s prison system woke up to a promising change. On July 1, 2006 the California Department of Corrections added the … [Read more...]
‘So Tell Me, What’s So Bad About San Quentin? – New Arrival Says Many State Prisons Are a Whole Lot Worse’
Having just arrived at San Quentin on July 29, 2009, some would say that I have not really experienced the ‘Q’ at all, that the grin permanently … [Read more...]
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