Russell “Rusty” Trunzo paroled on Jan. 01, 2009 to his wife Diane and family. Rusty entered the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]
L.A. District Attorney Opposes Prop. 9
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley expects little immediate change following voter approval of Proposition 9. or Marsy’s Law. Cooley, … [Read more...]
San Quentin’s New Warden (A)
A new acting (A) warden officially took the helm of San Quentin on Dec. 31, 2008. R. K. Wong, Warden (A) spent the previous two weeks walking around … [Read more...]
Chaplain Howard 1924 – 2008
Chaplain Harry W. Howard, born Sept. 22, 1924, passed away on Sept. 18, 2008. Harry’s loving wife, Kay, preceded him to Heaven in 1999. Harry is … [Read more...]
Harry Hagy
Harry Hagy, CDCR No. A-53751, the oldest man in San Quentin, returned to his maker, Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 51 days short of his 86th birthday. … [Read more...]
San Quentin Receives ‘The Ophir Prison Marching KazooBand & Temperance Society’
Bizarre events were happening in San Quentin. Warden Robert Ayers, Jr., stepped up to the microphone on the lower yard and announced that the … [Read more...]
Health and Wellness Corner
We would like to announce the first ever “Health and Wellness Corner” column here at San Quentin News. Each month, a University of California, San … [Read more...]
Think You Can Write?
Resilience Multimedia, publisher of the widely praised book, “Think Outside the Cell: An Entrepreneur’s Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly … [Read more...]
never knew his name…
I guess I never really knew him, though for 2 1/2 weeks I thought I had come to know him well. But I’m very bad with names, always have been, so to … [Read more...]
EVEN EDITORS NEED HELP
The Patten University College Program is currently teaching a beginning journalism class. The class includes all inmates listed as being a part of the … [Read more...]