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ABOUT PRINCE

July 12, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

AS a diminutive presence seeping in music, songs and dance, Strait-way into every heart, A jazzy funky package- All into one into all, Androgynous but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: letters

“THE SILENT WALLS”

July 8, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

He looks up- At the hard slab of tarnished steel and the scattered toothpaste stains upon it. Some of which he thinks, resemble letters. And so he … [Read more...]

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California prisoners at Donovan practice the art of yoga

July 4, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

A group of 25 men convicted of crimes in the State of California gathered together inside a room in Donovan, a maximum security correctional facility. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health and Wellness

"Still Font Hear"

June 27, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Where is it written, That silence is permission, That the invisible Must stay hidden, We suffer cruel, And criminal conditions, Denied And Rubber … [Read more...]

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San Quentin Reception

June 21, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Waiting for chow waiting to shit waiting right now for the nose to quit, Waiting for mail waiting for sleep waiting for sleep waiting for yells of … [Read more...]

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California’s next governor faces executions

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

California’s next governor could be forced to make a life-or-death decision that the state’s top executive hasn’t faced in over a decade; whether to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anti-capital punishment campaign, California Supreme Court, Calvin Thomas, Clarence Ray Allen, Commutations, Death Row, Gavin Newsom, Martin O’Malley, Pat Quinn, Prop 66, Ronald Reagan, San Quentin State Prison, Travis Allen, ttps://sanquentinnew.wpengine.com/low-execution-rate-2017, U.S. Supreme Court

CA Supreme Court juvenile sentence cruel and unusual punishment

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Sentencing a juvenile to 50-to-life for rape and kidnapping may be cruel and unusual punishment, according to a recent California Supreme Court … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California Supreme Court, California’s One Strike law, California’s Youth Offender Parole, Elderly Parole Program, Graham v. Florida, Leonel Contreras, People v. Contreras, rehabilitation, William Rodriguez, YOP

CA bills aim to reform law for juveniles and adults

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

US Monuments

Sacramento, CA —On April 4, the California Senate Public Safety Committee voted to pass Senate Bills 1392 and 1393, half of the Equity and Justice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 64 and 57, ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Senate Public Safety Committee, Californians for a Responsible Budget, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, cdcr, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, CURB, Drug Policy Alliance, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Fair and Just Sentencing Reform Act of 2018, Friends Committee on Legislation California, Holly J. Mitchell, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Pillars of the Community, PPI, Propositions 47, Public Policy Institute of California, Ricardo Lara, Romarilyn Ralston, SB 180, SB 620, Steven Bradford, Tides Advocacy, Women’s Foundation of CA, Women’s Policy Institute

Letters to the Editor by C. M. Skeele

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Being incarcerated offers an unusual gift for those who find themselves behind bars: time. There is an abundance of it! Modern American life is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: choice, gift of time, incarcerated, letters, marketable skills, no social media, pause, reset, value

Unfretted about Cellist Zuill Bailey

June 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

Armed with horsehair bow, The cellist reaches down through, Vertical teachings, Through horizontal stratagem, Discovering subtle, powerful sound … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ‘Unfretted’, Cellist Zuill Bailey, classical sound, Drawing, Mike (Muddy Six-Nine) Hedger, Mike Hedger, Muddy Six-Nine, poem, poetry, Zuill Bailey

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