NOV. 23, 1979 – after a four-month suspension of publication mandated by the Warden, the SQ News has resumed production. The newspaper staff had been accused by administration officials of slanting the news. The resumption of publication was brought about, in part, by the filing of a lawsuit by the Prison Law Office on behalf of the news staff.
NOV. 23, 1979 – for the second time in less than a month the inmate canteen has been burglarized. The first break-in, on Oct. 31, netted the thieves $408 in cigarettes and envelopes. In the second incident, Nov. 14, approximately $500 in pastries and coffee have been taken.
NOV. 23, 1979 – the SQ Pirates completed an undefeated football season, out-scoring their opponents by a combined 221 to 31. The Pirates play an eight-man team.
NOV. 23, 1979 – the Mystic Knights, a rock-soul group, will perform in the north dining hall today, Nov. 23, for the annual Thanksgiving Show. The group performed last May 28 at SQ with the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
APR. 25, 1980 – two shots were fired on the lower yard Wednesday to break up a fight between two Mexican-American convicts. Both men had been drinking.
MAY 2, 1980 – inmate Berry Floyd, 33, from Los Angeles, was shot a total of four times by two gunmen in the Adjustment Center exercise yard after trying to scale the wall. Floyd was taken to the hospital, heavily peppered with birdshot. He was kept for observation.
