For decades, time remains unchanged San Quentin’s Lower Yard gym has a three and a half square foot clock atop it. However, since 1982, it has been frozen at 5:44. Nobody knows if it stopped ticking at dawn or dusk. “The yard clock is frozen in … [Read more...]
Space Shuttle’s Last Flight Soars Over the Institution
On the morning of Sept. 21, the Endeavor space shuttle flew over the state prison mounted atop a Boeing 747 with an escort by an F-16 fighter jet, surprising about 500 inmates on San Quentin’s Lower Yard. “It was flying so low, it felt like I could … [Read more...]
Boxing Interest Up
Expansion of the San Quentin boxing program is being boosted with the help of an experienced boxer who is also a correctional officer. Correctional Officer M. Polk said he is willing to assist San Quentin inmates with the finer points of boxing, … [Read more...]