Over 70 gun offenders gather in San Quentin’s Chapel B every Friday to discuss the factors surrounding their incarceration. Gangs, anger, … [Read more...]
Self-help and self-discovery programs provide insight on victimization
Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are proving skeptics wrong by transforming themselves through self-help and self-discovery … [Read more...]
Fiscal watchdog tells California to close five more prisonsin report to legislature
California should close five more prisons to give taxpayers a potential $1 billion in annual savings, said the Legislature’s fiscal advisor, as … [Read more...]
THE UNCHECKED POWER OF THE PROSECUTOR
The notion of equal justice, symbolized in the statement "justice is blind," is a fundamental principal in American democracy. In a court of law, the … [Read more...]
TABLETS FINALLY ARRIVE AT SQ
GlobalTel Link technology finally reached San Quentin after nearly a two-year wait. Residents in SQ’s Donner section were the first to … [Read more...]
The perseverance of prisoners
Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people are proving skeptics wrong by transforming themselves through self-help and self-discovery … [Read more...]
SPORTS MEMORIAM: Fast-pitch softball Hall-of-Famer Joan Joyce
Hall of Fame fast-pitch softball legend Joan Joyce died on March 26 at the age of 81 in Boca Raton, Florida. Joyce was named one of the best … [Read more...]
BEHOLDING BEAUTY IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
Visitors, volunteers marvel at SQ Chapel Garden’s therapeutic ‘gateway’ San Quentin’s program volunteers, newly arrived prisoners and the many … [Read more...]
Parole hearings create dilemma for innocent supplicants
Some people confess to a crime they did not commit to avoid the threat of a more severe sentence, the New York Times reports. A result can be … [Read more...]
Non-English language materials banned by Michigan prison system
The Michigan Department of Corrections has banned the use of dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili in the state’s prisons, claiming that the books … [Read more...]
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