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Rising operatic star mesmerizes SQ

October 20, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Rising opera singer Sara LeMesh brought her musical talents to San Quentin State Prison, mesmerizing her captive audience with her singing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Bread & Roses, Send Musicians to Prison, SQ Music Program

Motivational speaker Bob Goff comes to SQ

October 15, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Bob Goff talking about ambitions in the SQ Protestant Chapel

Pepperdine Law School professor Bob Goff told a San Quentin audience that he never tells people he’s a lawyer because he doesn’t want to be viewed as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Cell phones being monitored in jails and free world alike

September 11, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

The government spies on incarcerated citizens who use illegal cellphones in correctional facilities. Those aren’t the only people government officials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: constitutional rights, Criminal Legal News, Fourth Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court

High Desert Prison warden sets the record straight

August 20, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

SQN staffer Marcus Henderson and Warden Marion Spearman

By some accounts, High Desert State Prison is one of California’s most notorious penitentiaries. Warden Marion E. Spearman wants to clear up that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, High Desert State Prison, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Sen. Loni Hancock, The Association of State Correctional Administrators

PUP grads take center stage

August 14, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Craig Johnson receiving an Associates of Arts degree from PUP Academic Director Amy Jamgochian, Ph.D

“Pomp and Circumstance” played and everyone stood to applaud the Prison University Project’s (PUP) class of 2018 as they took center stage in San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Graduation, Judy Lewen, Prison Universitiy Project, PUP, San Quentin

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) aids programs

July 25, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

PUP and Ear Hustle

  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will provide grant funding to the Prison University Project (PUP) and Ear Hustle, an award-winning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ear Hustle, Prison University Project, PUP, Raidotopia

Governor Gavin Newsom halts the state’s death penalty

July 4, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

California’s Governor Gavin Newson

California Governor Gavin Newsom halts the state’s death penalty with an Executive Order rousing comments and opinions from supporters and opponents, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

The 100th Edition of San Quentin News

July 1, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Warden Robert Ayers

As San Quentin News celebrates its 100th published edition since the newspaper was revived in 2008, the paper’s history is not well known to most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Most Read Tagged With: John C. Eagan, Steve McNamara, The San Quentin Story, Warden Robert Ayers Jr., Warden T. Duffy

Queeny King performs at SQ

May 15, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Queeny King and DJ Kraig in front of San Quentin

At age 8, singer-song writer Queeny King sang in a Soviet Union prison. In March, she performed at San Quentin State Prison. Dressed in black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Bread & Roses, Cher, Children of God, DJ Kraig, Elijah Almond, Greg Allman, Liquid Giraffe, Perfect Day, Queeny King, San Quentin State Prison, Tom Lapinski

New system to combat illegal prison cellphones

May 7, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

The use of contraband cellphones by inmates in prison shows an increase in crime and violence across the country, according to a press release in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Beard, contraband cellphones, Securus, Securus Technologies, Vanu, WCS, Wireless Containment Solution

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