Ben Chandler, 57 has spent five of the six years he has been incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. His favorite painters are Picasso and … [Read more...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001) opens with a storyline that is hard and edgy. However, as the characters come to life, detailed … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS AUGUST 2021
1. Alabama — Prison officials are asking the federal government if COVID-19 recovery funds can be redirected to improve state prisons with “better, … [Read more...]
Program Profile: Yoga Returns to San Quentin
When programs reopened after the COVID-19 lock-down, Yoga instructor James Fox was one of the first volunteers to return to San Quentin State … [Read more...]
SQ Holds Q&A on Vaccine Hesitancy
With almost 500 prisoners and over 1,000 prison staffers refusing a COVID-19 vaccine, on May 1, San Quentin’s Media Department held a Q&A … [Read more...]
NEWS BRIEFS, JUNE 2021
South Carolina -The failure to find drugs to carry out lethal injections led lawmakers to pass a bill that would force Death Row prisoners to pick the … [Read more...]
IDEO workshop searches for real solutions
A designed thinking firm asked a room full of prisoners, “How might San Quentin turn into a place that serves the rehabilitation needs of new … [Read more...]
Number of Americans jailed or on probation falls over the past decade
The number of Americans jailed or on probation fell 21% from its peak in 2007, federal statistics show. The figures show between 2017 and 2018 … [Read more...]
Eddie Mixon’s Struggle To Survive His Risks
As Coronavirus deaths escalate in California’s prisons, advocates say medical parole could help stem the pandemic. With a third of the population … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Took Away This Father’s One Chance a Year to See His Kids
This was going to be the year that Dion DeMerrill would fully explain to his sons why he is in prison. The virus lockdown made that … [Read more...]
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