Homegoing, a debut novel by Yaa Gyasi (2016), explores the unhealed wounds of slavery, compellingly rendered through several hundred years, seven … [Read more...]
Stanford professor audited Creative Writing class
Professor Adam Johnson of Stanford University came to San Quentin to sit in on a creative writing class for incarcerated men, facilitated by Zoe … [Read more...]
Poet and thespian Donté Clark visits San Quentin
Poet and thespian Donté Clark, 29, visited a classroom at San Quentin on Aug. 11 to talk about his experiences of being a young Black writer from … [Read more...]
San Quentin workers donate more than $7,000 to non-profits
San Quentin workers donated more than $7,000 of their paychecks to two non- profit organizations selected by Warden Ron Davis that serve young people … [Read more...]
Study advances alternative form of criminal justice
A new study outlines a restorative justice strategy based on “public redemption” that the authors claim produces lower recidivism rates than … [Read more...]
Retail giant Alibaba gives workshop on working in E-commerce
As part of an interviewing workshop, Peter Stern, from online retail giant Alibaba, told about two dozen incarcerated computer coders that learning … [Read more...]
No More Tears violence prevention program originates from the heart
As the sun was setting on San Quentin, dozens of incarcerated men and Bay Area citizens gathered in the Protestant Chapel to break bread, on Sept. 14, … [Read more...]
Big Wheels to the Big House covers victimization as well as hopes and dreams
“The world is cold and dark...Who cares?!” That’s what’s on the book cover of Juvenile Offenders: From Big Wheels to the Big House (2018) by Rosemary … [Read more...]
Two restorative justice classes celebrate completion
Incarcerated men and community members from the local San Francisco Bay Area met in San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel on Aug. 16 to celebrate the … [Read more...]
Jurists look to San Quentin
Alameda Public Defenders seek input during forum Prisoners seeking to understand the role of public defenders invited Alameda County Public … [Read more...]
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