Prisoner-led sign language course gets go-ahead After submitting six proposals over seven years, Tommy Wickerd is teaching a sign language class in … [Read more...]
VISITA OFICIAL DEL GOBERNADOR GAVIN NEWSOM A SAN QUENTIN
El gobernador de California Gavin Newsom anunció la transición propuesta de San Quentin Prisión Estatal a San Quentin Centro de Rehabilitación. El … [Read more...]
NEWSOM: MAJOR CHANGES AHEAD FOR SAN QUENTIN
California’s oldest prison toexpand focus on education,rehabilitative programming California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the proposed … [Read more...]
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics By Anastasia C. Curwood
On Jan. 3, the United States Congress opened its halls to 535 Americans eager for public service. Women held only 149 seats in the 118th Congress, so … [Read more...]
END of an ERA as SQ Public Information Officer Sam Robinson retires
December 31 marked the last day of a year and the last day of an era. Captain Samuel Robinson walked out of San Quentin State Prison to end his … [Read more...]
MADAM C. J. WALKER’S GOSPEL OF GIVING
BLACK WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY DURING JIM CROW When the biography of a Black female millionaire dropped on my desk, I tilted my head. “It’s too … [Read more...]
Runa Ray partners with SQ artists
A fashion designer/environmentalist returned to San Quentin in order to include the prison’s incarcerated population in the design of a gigantic flag … [Read more...]
STARS BEHIND BARS:
North Carolina nonprofit visits San Quentin,aims to improve reentry opportunities in NC A mentor of incarcerated people in North Carolina said that … [Read more...]
SQ debuts hi-tech audio engineering program
Four days a week, Yu “Paul” Chen gets up early. He makes his way through a checkpoint and then a heavy, medieval-looking metal door to sit behind a … [Read more...]
SQ residents observe annual Day of Peace
After 15 years, the event’s original legacy is in danger of being forgotten In 2006, Blacks and Mexicans rioted on San Quentin’s Lower … [Read more...]
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