Because of an outbreak of flu-like symptoms, inmates in San Quentin’s H-Unit were placed on quarantine on June 25. The chief medical officer … [Read more...]
Praise for Softball
Richard Neuburger and Bob Mayer have been coming into San Quentin for the past six years as volunteer coaches for the softball team. Both were asked … [Read more...]
Inmate Found Dead
According to prison authorities, on July 12, 2010, custody staff found inmate Lay G-37678 unresponsive in his bed and not breathing and without pulse. … [Read more...]
Death Row Yard Shots Fired
According to prison authorities, on June 25, 2010, staff observed Grade B condemned inmates fighting with one another on the Condemned Re-Integrated … [Read more...]
Warden Duffy Tells How He Started the San Quentin News
Clinton Duffy, the son of a San Quentin guard, grew up to be warden from 1940 to 1952. Among the humane changes he instituted were the end of corporal … [Read more...]
Back in the Day – Selected Stories From Back Issues Of The San Quentin News
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – As of Jan. 31, 1980, 98.2 percent of prison escapees for the years 1945 through 1978 have been apprehended. The rate for … [Read more...]
June 2010 News Briefs
LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – Former Lee County sheriff E.J. Melvin faces possible federal and state drug charges which allege that he sold drugs from … [Read more...]
Vince Cullen Makes His Pitch as Warden of S.Q.
San Quentin News editors Michael R. Harris and David Marsh sat down recently with San Quentin Warden Vincent Cullen (A). Cullen took over from Robert … [Read more...]
Inmates Pack 7th Annual Health Fair
San Quentin’s seventh annual Health Fair brought out approximately 80 health care professionals from throughout the Bay Area,according to Laura Bowman … [Read more...]
Recidivism Falls When Family Visits
An estimated 297,000 California children have a parent in jail or prison, and 60 percent of those parents are held more than 100 miles from their … [Read more...]
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