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New Program Leader Offers Her Insights

December 1, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

Budget cuts have placed more demands on the Prison University Project, according to Amy Roza, the new program director for the popular San Quentin … [Read more...]

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GREEN CAREER FAIR

September 1, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

About 30 enthusiastic vendors introduced several hundred San Quentin inmates due for release soon to job opportunities in the burgeoning, … [Read more...]

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Thinking About the H-Unit Search Episode

June 1, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

On Monday morning, May 13, approximately 700 inmates housed in San Quentin’s H-Unit were taken out of their dorms and escorted onto the main … [Read more...]

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Charge Inmates $5 per Day? Bill Dies in the State Senate

June 1, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

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A bill that would have required jail and prison inmates to pay $5.00 dollars a day to help defray the costs of their incarceration was defeated in a … [Read more...]

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Inmates Win a Throwdown

June 1, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

Six San Quentin inmates defeated a group of professional writers in a “Literary Throwdown” competition recently. The event, hosted by authors Keith … [Read more...]

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Health Fair Returns

January 20, 2010 by R.F. GILLIAM

San Quentin TRUST will be sponsoring its Seventh Annual Health Fair on April 30. The one day event will be held on the lower yard, in and around the … [Read more...]

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The Shocking High Cost of the State’s Prison System

August 1, 2009 by R.F. GILLIAM

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On November 4, 1995, Leandro Andrade stole five videotapes worth $84.70 from a Kmart store in Ontario, California. For that and past crimes of … [Read more...]

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