On March 3, more than a dozen inmates graduated from San Quentin’s Diabetic Class. The 10-week course focuses on the effects of diabetes on the body … [Read more...]
Extensión Sobre Limite de Restringimiento
This story was printed in our Feb.-Mar. 2014 issue titled ‘Two-Year Extension To Meet Prison Cap.’ En Febrero 10, una corte federal le otorgo al Gov. … [Read more...]
John Brown’s Play Revisits Slavery And Liberation in San Quentin
There was standing room only in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel on Feb. 28 to watch “John Brown’s Body”—a documentary about a play of the same name … [Read more...]
Taking Self-Reflection and Ownership of Your Past
Nearly everyone living in limbo in American prisons and jails got there after being distracted from reality and doing something they thought would not … [Read more...]
Healing Squad Helps Rehabilitate Elderly Inmates Through Art
Caregivers from the University of Southern California made their way inside San Quentin on March 7, bringing a sense of community to a small group of … [Read more...]
Prison Overpopulation Send Inmates Out-of-State
In 2010, the 2.2 million people incarcerated in prisons and jails represented more than a 500 percent increase from 1972. As a justification to … [Read more...]
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi Visits S.Q.
Classrooms and reentry programs are key to solving problems associated with jail and prison overcrowding, according to San Francisco Sheriff Ross … [Read more...]
Court Orders Adequate Facility for Death Row Mental Health Inmates
A federal court has ordered California prison officials to create or find an adequate treatment facility for Death Row inmates with mental health … [Read more...]
Prison Humor Highlights PUP’s Annual Open Mic Event
Tommy Winfrey read a selected chapter from a memoir, The Things I Peed On, and had a crowd of about 100 inmates grabbing their sides with laughter, as … [Read more...]
Historical Tale About American’s Largest Slave Revolt
Understanding history is a tricky business, always written by he who controls the message. That being said, when looking back to figure out what … [Read more...]
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