For parents, connecting and building healthy relationships with their teenagers can be a challenging task. For an incarcerated parent, it can be … [Read more...]
Collette Carroll Dedicated to Changing Lives
Collette Carroll is the kind of San Quentin volunteer who sees a serious need and fills it. The need was to prepare prisoners for their release into … [Read more...]
Re-entry Program Prepares Prisoners for Release
A self-help program to safely re-integrate men into their communities before they finish their prison term recently graduated more than 40 inmates. … [Read more...]
San Quentin Poetry Volunteer C.D. Wright Passes at 67
Poet C.D. Wright passed away on Jan. 13, 2016 in her home in Barrington, R.I., at age 67. She left behind a husband, son and a world of aspiring … [Read more...]
Letter To Editor by Todd Haxton Jr.
Dear SQ News, My name is Todd Haxton Jr. I read the articles of your organization [Kid CAT] helping youth with programs and vocations. I was 16 years … [Read more...]
Victim-Offender Education Focuses on Spanish-Speaking Men
On his second appearance before a parole board, Jose Segura was given a release date. He attributes this success to being able to express himself … [Read more...]
Grupo Educativo Ayuda A Reos Latinos
Después de 20 años de encarcelamiento con una condena de 15 años a vida, Jose Segura, fue encontrado elegible para obtener su libertad condicional en … [Read more...]
San Quentin Ceremony Honors AIDS Victims
About 50 visitors, staff and prisoners gathered in the San Quentin Garden Chapel to mark World AIDS Day. The ceremony was held “in loving memory of … [Read more...]
Artist Rhona Bitner Visits San Quentin to Capture Its Memory
A respected artist visited San Quentin State Prison to take large-scale color photographs of the North Block Dining Hall where Johnny Cash performed … [Read more...]
Youth Offenders See Benefits in SQ Programs
Jared Elkins was 13 years old the first time he found himself behind bars for burglary. At 14, he was placed in a group home. The 20-year-old San … [Read more...]
English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Lao
Latin
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Spanish
Thai
Vietnamese