JulianGlenn Padgett

Rastafari Remembers The Late Emperor Selassie I

May 15, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

A group of San Quentin prisoners celebrated the coronation of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I with a banquet and religious tribute. Six … [Read more...]

Expanding Access to Higher Education Behind Bars

May 15, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

By JulianGlenn Padgett Feather River College is educating one San Quentin prisoner with correspondence courses and is expanding its program in San … [Read more...]

Alliance For Change is Making a Difference in San Quentin

March 13, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

San Quentin’s Alliance for CHANGE. brought new meaning to the words social justice as its 2012 class graduated. AFC is a program created to teach … [Read more...]

Innocence Project Takes On Guy Miles’ San Quentin Case

February 12, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

A court fight is continuing for a San Quentin prisoner who insists he was imprisoned based on faulty eyewitness testimony. The California Innocence … [Read more...]

Napoleon Brown Released after 17 Years

January 9, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

PROP. 36 enabled sentence modification Proposition 36 has opened the door for Richard Napoleon Brown, a prisoner who was serving life in San Quentin … [Read more...]

Helping the Infirm

January 8, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

PRISONER GROUP OFFERS COMPASSION TO OTHERS A group of San Quentin prisoners called the Gold Coats have been selected to help elderly, sick and … [Read more...]

Beloved Lifer Passes Away, Leaves Behind Daughter and Sister

January 8, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

Lifer Jesse “Blue” Wells, who friends said did his time quietly and with dignity, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 28 at the San Quentin medical facility. … [Read more...]

Unique Spiritual Center Thriving in San Quentin

January 8, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

On the west side of the San Quentin Lower Yard, Native Americans gather at their sacred sweat lodge to pray, study and perform ancient rituals of … [Read more...]

Musicians Honor Jazz Artist

November 8, 2012 by JulianGlenn Padgett

It was a night of music when a San Quentin prisoner took the stage with several renowned musicians to pay tribute to former inmate and jazz artist … [Read more...]

Another S.Q. Teacher Lost to Budget Cuts

November 8, 2012 by JulianGlenn Padgett

Education staffer Hazel Koons has been laid off amid budget cuts, but she says she has learned how important learning is to prison inmates. After she … [Read more...]