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CDCR’s grand gesture: The pizza party apology

November 23, 2021 by Joe Garcia

State’s COVID settlement offer includes pizza party as ‘morale booster’ Prison officials offered a series of concessions including a pizza party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Institutions

The Q’s Chief Medical Executive looks back on the COVID outbreak of 2020

November 11, 2021 by Joe Garcia

Dr. Alison Pachynski started at SQ as a primary care provider in 2007, after a UCSF colleague saw her potential for community medicine and suggested … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: profile, Profiles

Hunger strike anniversary sheds light on SHU conditions

October 28, 2021 by Joe Garcia

Ten years ago, 10 prisoners in Pelican Bay’s Segregated Housing Unit (SHU) set aside their racial and political differences to work together to file a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Back in the Day, hunger strike, Pelican Bay SHU, SHU

San Quentin COVID-19 response goes on trial

September 30, 2021 by Joe Garcia

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For the first time ever, public court hearings were live-streamed via Zoom inside San Quentin. Incarcerated residents convened daily in the chapel to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: COVID-19, Institutions, legal, San Quentin State Prison

Changing the culture at Riker’s Island

July 31, 2021 by Joe Garcia

Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections Vincent Shiraldi flew to California for one day with one specific goal—to step inside San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Institutions, New York, prison reform

Marin Court Hearing Takes Center Stage

July 30, 2021 by Joe Garcia

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For the first time ever, public court hearings were live-streamed via Zoom inside San Quentin. Prisoners convened daily in the chapel to watch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Health and Wellness

CDCR’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT SQ A HEALTH DISASTER SAYS INSPECTOR GENERAL

June 28, 2021 by Joe Garcia

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California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirmed what SQ’s COVID-impacted community has known since June — that administrative mistakes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, HEALTHCARE Tagged With: CDCR Medical, COVID-19, San Quentin State Prison

Online publishing community puts incarcerated voices front and center

January 31, 2021 by Joe Garcia

Fueled by the growing interest in real-life reporting from behind bars, the Prison Journalism Project (PJP) launched itself in April 2020 as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PJP, prison journalism, Prison Journalism Project, Prison Stories, Yukari Kane

Wardens Broomfield, Allen Describe Their Journeys

May 10, 2020 by Joe Garcia

San Quentin’s acting warden, Ron Broomfield, recently accepted an invitation to sit in and speak directly with the incarcerated participants of Power … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: California prison wardens, Chief Deputy Warden Trent Allen, Public Services, Warden Broomfield

Mt. Tam College Is Born at San Quentin

May 10, 2020 by Joe Garcia

For the first time in history, an incarcerated community has an independent, accredited college program all its own. Newly named Mt. Tamalpais College … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION, Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: college, MTC, Prison University Project’s (PUP)

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