The stars are shining inside San Quentin, where residents are embracing the opportunity to write and stage music inspired by their challenges and past … [Read more...]
Book Review: Chronicles of San Quentin
Knocking down one of the nation’s oldest prison walls leaves behind more than a mountain of rubble. This massive pile of stone and steel is just as … [Read more...]
Court rule on gang enhancements says re-sentencing not a right
The California Supreme Court has overturned an appellate court’s ruling effectively stripping incarcerated persons of the right to use a recently … [Read more...]
SQ residents share powerful narratives of childhood traumas
San Quentin residents are writing their way “Back to the Start,” sharing powerful narratives of their personal childhood traumas. The group, which … [Read more...]
“California Model” planted decades ago by Warden Duffy
The warden who changed prisons across America Long before there was an R in CDCR, incarcerated people found a powerful advocate in the most … [Read more...]
The history of the California Institute for Women
As California seeks to expand its rehabilitation systems, it might look to its first women’s prison as a model. The Correctional Institution for Women … [Read more...]
Exploring the history of women who served on death row
For nearly 80 years, from 1855 to 1933, San Quentin housed the state’s incarcerated female population. In the years that followed, four more women … [Read more...]