First, I must start this book review with full disclosure. I know Emile DeWeaver. We both worked at the prisoner-run San Quentin News. We were also … [Read more...]
Service and pricing could improve if the prison service providers had competition
The unanswered questions about the impending arrival of new tablets in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation cause some anxiety … [Read more...]
SQNews moves into digital era with purpose and a new vision
A rich rumor pipeline that ebbs and flows fuels talk in California’s prisons. At times, it makes sense to get out in front of the rumors to clarify or … [Read more...]
Former Death Row residents thrive at CHCF
No more shackles, cuffs, or escorts bring feelings of anxiety and gratitude San Quentin’s infamous Death Row has been empty for more than a year. … [Read more...]
Former condemned prisoner resentenced and paroled
Curtis Lee Ervin had not seen the moon in four decades. In November 1986 he was arrested, and from 1991 until about a year ago he lived inside San … [Read more...]
California Health Care Facility residents connect with their roots
Asian Pacific Islanders build up worship service, learn Hawaiian/Polynesian songs and dances “Aloha” is a Hawaiian greeting a group of Asian … [Read more...]
Doctors give wrong drug dosage to incarcerated individual
As California’s state prison system grapples with inmate overdoses from fentanyl, California Health Care Facility, in Stockton, California, the state … [Read more...]
Resident’s creativity reignites artistic fire despite setbacks
Keffier Savary is a man of many aptitudes: painter, sculptor, and musician. He is also a veteran. He hails from Kingston, Jamaica, but is known to … [Read more...]
SQNews’ Editorial Board’s opinion on PROP 57
In December 2016, San Quentin News published the front-page story “Proposition 57 passed…what now?” It took some time, but now that question has been … [Read more...]
20-year anniversary of ‘R’ in CDCR
This summer, I spent two-and-a-half months in recovery at a different type of rehabilitation center: California Health Care Facility, in Stockton, … [Read more...]
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