Lt. Loren Andersen is retiring from San Quentin, the prison where he started his career, after 16 years of service with the California Department of … [Read more...]
Erroneous Documents Lengthen Prisoner’s Manslaughter Sentence
When Henry Newman, 66, was sentenced to 21 years for inadvertently killing his son Alex, he was unaware the court used erroneous documents to give him … [Read more...]
John Curzon Becomes New Acting Chief Deputy Warden
John Curzon takes his 26 years of experience with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to greater heights as San Quentin’s new … [Read more...]
Conley Dukes Earns Freedom After More Then 30 Years in Prison
After more than 30 years in prison, Conley Dukes was paroled and one of his first stops was to wade in the Pacific Ocean and say a prayer for the … [Read more...]
Proposition 36 Still Beneficial to Many Prisoners
After spending nearly two decades in prison under California’s the Three Strikes Law, Chrisfino Kenyatta Leal went home from San Quentin a free man … [Read more...]
Prisoner Teaches Others the Skills of Construction Work
San Quentin inmate Wendell Forest has worked at several prisons in the construction trade; now he pays it forward by teaching others what his stepdad … [Read more...]
California Innocence Project Lawyers Fight to Free 12 Prisoners
Twelve California prison inmates are working to gain their freedom, thanks to the help of a group of lawyers called the California Innocence … [Read more...]
Vice Principal Beebe Heads Rehabilitation
The San Quentin education program is expanding after severe budget cuts in recent years. Leading the changes is Tony Beebe, acting principal of the … [Read more...]
Proposition 36 Helps Another 3-Striker
Michael Bernstein is one of many California inmates convicted under the Three Strikes Law, but he has been given a second chance at freedom after the … [Read more...]
Ex-San Quentin Teacher Heads New Education Program in Illinois
Before she was a professor at the University of Illinois, Rebecca Ginsburg helped educate San Quentin prisoners. Now, she is building on those … [Read more...]
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