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COVID-19 Took Away This Father’s One Chance a Year to See His Kids

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

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...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Father’s Day, Fathers and Families, Get on the Bus (GOTB)

AT SAN QUENTIN, OVERCROWDING LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EXPLOSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

August 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Coronavirus has no race

All but nine of California’s 35 prisons house more people than the facility was designed to hold.  The following article by Juan Haines, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Featured, Most Read, Prison Reform, SQ News Tagged With: COVID-19, Overcrowding, Pandemic

NEWS BRIEFS: All Over the U.S.

May 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

Alabama — Since September 2019, the state’s parole board denied 92% of people who sought release from prison, according to a report by ACLU, Smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Briefs Tagged With: Alabama, Colorado, news briefs, Virginia

Youth Coaches Told Why They Are So Important

May 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

From last in the league to playing in the championship.  Hard work and dedication have once again paid off.

A team of prisoners met with youth coaches from the San Francisco Bay Area in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel on Feb. 28. They talked about young … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Human Interest, Juvenile Justice, Sports Tagged With: Athletes, CoachingLife, Youth Coaches

Bay Area Teachers Gain New Insights

May 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

On an early Wednesday morning, a green bus with silver trim rolled into California’s oldest prison. Prisoners filed out to begin serving time. Later … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Teachers

America stagnated by “compounding moral debts”

March 16, 2020 by Juan Haines

Two essays that appeared in The Atlantic magazine set up Ta-Nehisi Coates as a voice for African-Americans. He wrote The Case for Reparations in 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Recently Posted Tagged With: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Reckoning with compounding moral debts leaves America unfulfilled

March 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

Two essays that appeared in The Atlantic magazine set up Ta-Nehisi Coates as a voice for African-Americans. He wrote The Case for Reparations in 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters, Recently Posted Tagged With: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News

February 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Veteran journalist Ted Koppel got it right when he said William J. Drummond proves to be the right person to tell the tale of San Quentin News (SQN). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Truth, William J. Drummond

Prison University Project’s Annual Open Mic

February 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

The Friday after Christmas, two former San Quentin residents returned to a jam-packed Catholic Chapel to mingle with old friends and perform at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: PUP

Semester ends with a Christmas celebration

February 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

On the Friday before Christmas, Silent Night played as San Quentin students, their tutors and guests made their way into a classroom filled with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: pup christmas celebration

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