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Q&A: Ms. Arnold leaves The Q

October 6, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Aaron K. Roy, Contributing Writer Teaching Assistant Ms. Arnold has moved on from her position at San Quentin. She began working at the prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, Staff Profile Tagged With: Profiles

By Imam Muhammad Fasih – SQ Islamic Chaplain

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

“We have forgotten who we were meant to be, because we have forgotten that we find God not in ourselves, finally, but in our care for our neighbor, in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Religious Programs

Insight Garden Program celebrates Earth Day across state

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Incarcerated men working in the garden

By Karen Hsueh Deputy Director of the Insight Garden Program CMF rejuvenates garden after Covid hiatus: This month at California Medical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

Corcoran prisoners raise more than $5,400 for Project Hope

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Michael Knight - Contributor Corcoran State Prison, IAC Chairman  Many tears were shed when prisoners, guests, and staff celebrated HopeFest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Stories

Author of 1893 parole law remembered

September 13, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

California’s first parole law crafted by state’s first female attorney Thanks to the 1893 parole law, those serving sentences in California’s two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, Recently Posted Tagged With: Parole and Release, Profiles

The suffocating remorse of a mother in prison

August 29, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

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When a mother fails, a child cries. Whether silently inside or openly and outwardly, the child suffers. Right now, my child is suffering as a result … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Opinion

Criminal fines take toll on poor

July 23, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Community safety zone sign.

Criminal fines and fees often help fuel city revenues while harming the poor communities of color they serve, according to Reuters. San Francisco … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, MONEY MATTERS

The history of ‘homosexuality’

July 21, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

In an era of anti-trans laws, “Don’t Say Gay Bills,” and a growing number of physical, verbal and cyber-attacks, open displays of contempt for queer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Human Interest, Pride in Prison, Prison Stories

Voices from the incarcerated Queer community

July 21, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Melding Pride and Juneteenth  America’s first ‘drag queen’ was a former slave  His name was William Dorsey Swann, but to his friends, he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Pride in Prison

Pair found innocent decades later – Tennessee

July 21, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

Couple exonerated by new evidence; one died in custody, declared innocent posthumously A couple convicted in the brutal rape of a young child in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exoneration Digest, Recently Posted Tagged With: exonerated, Exoneration Digest

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