Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs and his wife, Anna, came to San Quentin to join a class aimed at helping prisoners gain self-respect and overcome … [Read more...]
Britain’s Derby law school members visit San Quentin
Future cops, probation officers and students of criminal justice from Britain got an up-close view of an American prison during a visit to San … [Read more...]
Cultural differences affect the way peoples’ sexual orientations are treated
Acting with Compassion and Truth (ACT) is a first of its kind of prison program that explores how cultural differences affect the way people with … [Read more...]
The uplifting experience of Good Friday at San Quentin
Watson Allison, who spent more than 30 years on San Quentin’s Death Row, was one of many in awe of sunset ser- vices for Good Friday — the day Jesus … [Read more...]
Kevin D. Sawyer Honorary Award from PEN America
BOOK REVIEW San Quentin News staffer, Kevin D. Sawyer received an honorable mention by PEN America. Out of thousands of submission annually, it’s a … [Read more...]
Scott J. Lawrie’s poetry was inspired by an ex-con poet
When the young Scottish lad Scott J. Lawrie was introduced to the country’s most famous poet, Robert Burns, it was the beginning of his fondness for … [Read more...]
Artist and mentor Pat Mahoney retires
Pat Mahoney spent the last 40 years coming inside San Quentin to mentor incarcerated artists on the finer points of art; however, he’s best known as a … [Read more...]
Dr. Gabor Maté lectures at SQ’s Enneagram event
Once a week, Susan Olesek comes inside San Quentin to help incarcerated men discover the roots of their personalities and how it plays into the way … [Read more...]
Business guru John Hamm visits San Quentin’s The Last Mile
BOOK REVIEW When business guru John Hamm came to San Quentin in early January, it wasn’t his first time at this historic land- mark. Hamm is a … [Read more...]
Stanford joins with SQ in collaborative engineering project
Stanford students and prison inmates joined forces by participating in a ten week engineering course aimed at finding solutions to social problems. … [Read more...]
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