California has an estimated 5,000 people serving life without parole (LWOP), and their plight is almost never discussed—especially the way the … [Read more...]
What role does society play in the development of felons?
Be it California or Mississippi, when news of suicides, murders or riots reaches any prison population the feeling is always the same: “damn”—if it’s … [Read more...]
Colonel Allen Allensworth, founder of a town in central California
After slavery African Americans took their skills and begin to build thriving cities. Blacks in California were no different. In 1908, African … [Read more...]
N.W.A helped set the stage for modern hip hop music
N.W.A – Rap Group (1987-95) The N.W.A rap group was at first criticized as a misogynistic hip hop crew that glorified drugs and crime. But the … [Read more...]
Highlighting an early Californian abolitionist
The Southern States are the usual focus of discussions about African American freedom struggles before the Civil War. But California had its own … [Read more...]
Red Hoop drumming group brings sounds of life to SQ Pow Wow
The Nevada Red Hoop drumming group brought the sounds of life to San Quentin’s Native American Group Annual Fall Pow Wow. The thumping sounds of … [Read more...]
Being more conscious to our readers in the New Year
Happy New Year! Yeah, another year down and a decade gone. For those who have been incarcerated since the 1980s and ’90s, we have officially moved … [Read more...]
Advocates launch #MeTooBehindBars for those incarcerated
Sexual violence and transphobia in prisons are still taboo topics of discussion, even in the midst of some prison reform efforts nationwide. … [Read more...]
A governor's commutation gives Laverne Shoemaker a second chance
Laverne Shoemaker overcame what some prison reform activists call “a living death sentence.” Shoemaker was serving life without the possibility of … [Read more...]
Reflecting on the Texas murder of an unarmed Black man
Amy Guyger, the White former Texas officer who killed unarmed Botham Jean, a Black man in his home, was found guilty of murder last month. Race … [Read more...]
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