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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

50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of peace

April 24, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Martin Luther King Jr.

"King’s Dream was to end class divisions and racism" The message of peace and racial justice from Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years ago is still being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Black activism, Black community, Black Lives Matter, Profiles

2011 Realignment had modest impact

April 19, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

California’s 2011 Realignment plan reduced the state’s prison population, increased county jail population and had a modest impact on recidivism, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: PPIC, Public Policy Institute of California, Realignment

Singer/songwriter Neda Boin brings inspiration to SQ

April 16, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

There is a way to change anger and fear to love, singer-songwriter Neda Boin told an audience of San Quentin prisoners and outside guests. For her, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Neda Boin, Prison Yoga Project

FBI report reflects historical similarities

February 14, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Kathleen Cleaver, secretary of information for the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense

The FBI in 1956 created its secret Counterintelligence Program—COINTELPRO—to take action against Black organizations viewed as subversive. Sixty-one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Black activism, Black Lives Matter, Black nationalists, Black Panther Party, Black women

Finishing a good deed

February 13, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Members of Lifers With Optimistic Progress Group, Joe Bell, Ronnel Ross and Roy Walker

A group of California prison inmates serving life sentences has raised more than $1,300 for victims of last year’s Hurricane Harvey. These inmates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: LWOP, Prison Stories, Sacramento

San Francisco Opera debuts at San Quentin

February 12, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Add the San Francisco Opera (SFO) to the list of historic performances and celebrities that have passed through the infamous Bastille by the Bay – San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured

Shaka Senghor visits prison to speak about change

January 21, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Jessica Jackson-Sloan and Shaka Senghor in the SQ newsroom

Shaka Senghor, 45, a consulting producer for Oprah Winfrey’s new program, Released, which debuted on the OWN cable television network, visited San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: #CUT50, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Shaka Senghor, The New Jim Crow, Van Jones, Writing My Wrongs: Life Death and Redemption in an American Prison

Jill Brown reflects on her time as warden

January 19, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Jill-Brown

Former San Quentin Warden Jill Brown’s career allowed her to reinvent herself many times. In the process, she helped to improve the lives of inmates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Staff Profile Tagged With: cdcr, Profiles, programs

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