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The power of San Quentin’s Alcoholics Anonymous

September 11, 2018 by lloyd payne

It’s 1:30 on a Friday afternoon, and Alcoholics Anonymous is set to begin inside of the Addiction to Recovery Center at San Quentin. “Anonymity makes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Addiction Recovery Counseling (ARC), Alcoholics Anonymous, Greg “White Eagle” Coates

Drones over prisons

September 11, 2018 by lloyd payne

After years of trying to keep drones from flying over South Carolina prisons, an unmanned aircraft with four propellers whizzed up several hundred … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Drones, South Carolina

Missouri jails use semi-trailers to relieve overcrowding

September 1, 2018 by lloyd payne

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The Greene County Sheriff Department in Missouri has set up semi-trailers as a cost-effective temporary solution to overcrowding in jail, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Prison Stories

Lack of felons’ ability to vote strips away fundamental rights

August 8, 2018 by lloyd payne

People at the voting booth

A campaign is under way to restore voting rights to convicted felons, according to The Wall Street Journal. “Let’s fight to stop this nonsense,” said … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Journal, Maryland lawmakers, National Conference of State Legislatures, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Sen. Gerald Cardinale, voting right

University Pacific visits SQ's Tennis Team

July 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

University Pacific player

Students from the University of Pacific Tigers Tennis program came into San Quentin for a second time to play the SQ Inside Tennis Team (ITT). San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adi Kremer, Pacific Tigers, Pires de Almeida, Ryan Redondo, University of Pacific Tigers Tennis

California prisoners earning college degrees

July 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

Inmates graduating from the Prison University Project in San Quentin

Some California prisoners are working hard on college degrees to help them be successful when they return to their communities. One of the latest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Second Chance Pell Grant program, Southwestern College

Tennis helps SQ lifer cope with missing his daughter

June 11, 2018 by lloyd payne

Tennis is a complex rehabilitative sport. You have to return the ball that is served. But, there are hundreds of ways to hit the ball, and there are a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California’s Three Strike Law, Fanny Gamble, Harbor Point Tennis Club, Marty Silverman, Paris Williams, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison, tennis

ROOTS Solidarity Run helps spirits of the community

May 24, 2018 by lloyd payne

ROOTS’ basketball event with Top: Danny Thongsy, Nate Tan, Roger Chung, Troy Smith, Asian Health Services member and Chau Vi. Bottom: Donte Smith, Nighiep Ke Lam, Tracy Nguyen and Zitsue Lee

While community volunteers ran in the Oakland Run Festival to raise money for an ethnic studies program at San Quentin State Prison, 33 incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: APSC, Asian Prisoner’s Support Community, Kevin “K” Neang, Oakland Run Festival, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin, San Quentin State Prison

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