Inmate pianists and guitarists performed in a recital: Dancing with the Keys plus Bach, Beethoven and The Blues. San Quentin State Prison’s Catholic … [Read more...]
July 2016 News Briefs
Honolulu, Hawaii — An inmate serving time in a private prison in Arizona has filed a lawsuit over the prison system’s policy requiring all mail to and … [Read more...]
Celebrating 2016 Day of Peace
By Juan Haines and Miguel Quezada San Quentin News Staff More than 400 inmates and about two dozen Bay Area volunteers mingled on San Quentin’s Lower … [Read more...]
CDCR’s New Press Secretary Visits SQ
Vicky Waters, the new California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) press secretary, toured San Quentin. Lt. S. Robinson, Public … [Read more...]
Dear Kid CAT by William Jones Centinela
Dear Kid CAT Hello, my name is William Jones. I’m a 49-year-old lifer doing seven to life plus three years for attempted murder in 1988. I’m writing … [Read more...]
June 2016 News Briefs
San Quentin – Bernard L. Hamilton, 64, a Death Row inmate, died of natural causes on March 28. Hamilton was sentenced to death on March 2, 1981, for a … [Read more...]
Amala Walk Unites Prisoners for Peace Summit
By Juan Haines and Miguel Quezada Amala, a youth organization that holds worldwide peace summits, came to San Quentin State Prison on May Day to work … [Read more...]
Letter to Kid CAT by Jeffrey Hall
My name is Jeffrey Hall. I am serving a life without parole sentence at Solano State Prison. I’ve been in prison for 25 years in July. I’ve been … [Read more...]
May 2016 News Briefs
Sacramento, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown granted clemency to 59 people, just before Easter Sunday. Most were convicted of nonviolent drug-related crimes. … [Read more...]
CDCR Has Duty to Process Inmate Appeals
A prisoner may petition the court for a writ of mandate to compel the prison system to process his or her administrative appeal, a state appellate … [Read more...]
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