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November 2018 Upcoming Events at San Quentin

November 13, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

prison, water front, San Quentin, San Francisco Bay,

November 2018 Upcoming Events at San Quentin Nov. 11th Veteran’s Day @ Lower Yard 10 a.m. Nov. 16th 1000 Mile Club Marathon 8 a.m. Nov. 16th … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted

San Quentin holds 15th Annual Health Fair

October 22, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Hundreds of prisoners formed long lines on San Quentin’s Lower Yard at the prison’s 15th Annual Health Fair on Aug. 24. Stations were set up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Most Read Tagged With: APSC, Bay Area Black Nurses Association, CENTERFORCE, ROOTS, SFSU School of Nursing, SQ Health Fair, TRUST

States struggle to carry out executions

October 17, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

California in United States

Lethal injections, legal battles and difficulty obtaining drugs have forced a number of states to find alternative ways to carry out the death … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty Tagged With: Alabama, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma

New technology aids police oversight

October 17, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

New technology exposes an old and persistent problem of the criminal justice system — false testimony by the police. “Behind closed doors, we call it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Legal Tagged With: New York, NYC, Restore Justice

Long road to perform Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

September 27, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

It is a long road to a performance of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” held on May 18, and “Comedy of Errors” on May 25. The cast has been rehearsing since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Lesley Currier, Marin Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare

Marijuana convictions can be erased

September 27, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

If other counties follow San Francisco’s lead, district attorneys’ offices across the state can erase pot convictions under California’s new legal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Californians for Safety and Justice, Marijuana, San Francisco, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascόn

San Quentin News & Wall City Merchandise

September 20, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

GO HERE TO SEE SAN QUENTIN NEWS & WALL CITY MERCHANDISE! Buy a mug, t-shirt, tote bag or sticker and support the San Quentin News and Wall City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News Tagged With: San Quentin News

Linda Xiques BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Linda Xiques became a San Quentin News adviser in the spring of 2013. Six years earlier, she had retired from a 30-year career in journalism thinking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

Steve McNamara BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Steve McNamara was one of the three initial advisers of the San Quentin News when Warden Bob Ayers revived it in the spring of 2008. Steve devised the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

John C. Eagan BIO

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

My name is John C. Eagan and I am a retired journalist with more than 30 years in the news business. Born and raised in Florida, I served three years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: SQ News, Staff Profile

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