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...]
San Quentin’s Toys-for-Tots Event
San Quentin’s veterans received an unexpected gift when Toys-for-Tots, their annual toy giveaway, was green-lighted for December 24 and 25. Holiday … [Read more...]
Mt. Tam College classes resume
A year and a half after canceling all classes due to the pandemic, Mount Tamalpais College (MTC) reopened in-person instruction inside San Quentin on … [Read more...]
San Quentin News wins FIVE AWARDS
The California News Publishers Association recognized San Quentin News writers with five awards for articles published in 2020. Senior … [Read more...]
San Quentin college students defend Ethics Bowl championship against UC Santa Cruz (before COVID)
Student debate teams from the College Program at San Quentin and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) matched wits once again on the prison … [Read more...]
PIA shifted its focus to COVID-19 care
An emergency medical team and housing facility provided critical care for San Quentin’s sickest patients suffering from California’s deadliest prison … [Read more...]
COVID-19 kills 28 San Quentin incarcerated
The coronavirus outbreak inside San Quentin State Prison killed 28 incarcerated people and 1 officer, infected over 2,000 and shook the prison to its … [Read more...]
Annual Christmas Banquet brings out the holiday spirit
The spirit of the holidays filled the San Quentin Protestant Chapel for more than 300 volunteers and prisoners at the annual Christmas Banquet. … [Read more...]