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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...]
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