The Veterans Healing Veterans self-help group celebrated its 12-year anniversary and held its first graduation in San Quentin since before the … [Read more...]
ROOTS program cultivates cultural healing across prison walls
Incarcerated and free members of the Bay Area Asian community met to build a shared vision of comprehensive community safety and healing. The two … [Read more...]
Officer Reyes leaves his mark on SQ Education Department
San Quentin Education Officer R. Reyes retired from CDCR in November after 23 years of service. “Officer Reyes was a true advocate for … [Read more...]
Relative freedom: Donner Earned Living Unit
A cell block last used as overflow housing for Death Row has been transformed into an honor unit for disciplinary-free residents of San … [Read more...]
Ethics Bowl: Mt. Tam College hosts dialog with UC Santa Cruz
The University of California Santa Cruz debate team came to San Quentin to compete with the home team’s incarcerated students on Feb. 26. The … [Read more...]
Protestant Christians hold annual Christmas banquet, awards ceremony
—By David Ditto; Richard Fernandez contributing The annual Christmas Banquet filled two San Quentin chapels with the holiday spirit for hundreds … [Read more...]
SQ vets host 32nd Annual Toys 4 Tots drive
U.S. veterans filled the San Quentin visiting rooms with the joy of holiday giving once again this December as they stuffed bags full of toys for … [Read more...]
SQNews wins again at California Journalism Awards
The California News Publishers Association recognized San Quentin News writers with seven awards in its 2021 California Journalism Awards Print … [Read more...]
Report: California’s death penalty ‘beyond repair’
A committee on penal code revisions recommended abolishing California’s death penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Voters have twice … [Read more...]
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
For over 400 years, Black slavery and oppression have been an egregious hypocrisy in America, “the land of freedom.” In his book, The Souls … [Read more...]