San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell says education makes San Quentin graduates powerful and can change themselves and their communities. “People … [Read more...]
MY VIEW FROM THE Q
California is intent on resuming capital punishment, despite all of the compelling evidence that it is a terrible practice. Seventy percent of those … [Read more...]
Annenberg Foundation Impressed by San Quentin
Charles Annenberg Weingarten of the celebrated Annenberg Foundation visited San Quentin and was moved to say he was pleasantly surprised to find so … [Read more...]
S.Q. Inmate Murder The First Since 1997
Edward John Schaefer, a 44-year-old Novato resident and serial drunk driver, was stabbed and killed inside San Quentin’s reception center, the first … [Read more...]
Slain Activist Mourned by S.Q. Inmates
David Lewis was shot in the back and killed in the parking garage of a San Mateo shopping center in June. His death shocked and saddened a vast number … [Read more...]
Doctors Vs. the Death Process
The American Board of Anesthesiologists has issued a blow to physicians who assist in executing condemned prisoners through lethal injection. The … [Read more...]
Words to My Daughter
Richard Poma promised his brother that he would do every thing in his power to break the chain of crime that has fouled their family for years. He … [Read more...]
Homer Goes Home
Homer McWilliams bumped around the California Department of Corrections for close to three decades. He received nine serious write-ups and survived … [Read more...]
Losno Says Goodbye
Rafael “Al” Losno Jr. came to prison during the era when phrases like “battle gyms and gladiator schools” were the norm. After spending almost three … [Read more...]
Push for Private Prisons
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is upbeat on the prospect of the business of private prisons. And executives representing the Corrections Corporation … [Read more...]
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