COVER, WALL CITY
Winter 2021-2022, Volume 4 Issue Cover: Joseph Thureson, 71, remains in prison as a non-violent third-striker. Thureson survived San Quentin’s … [Read more...]
Transformando vidas a través del ARTE
El lenguaje universal del arte puede transformar a hombres y mujeres encarcelados al ofrecerles herramientas de auto-descubrimiento, auto-reflexión y … [Read more...]
ARTS: Michael Mackey takes his pen for a walk on paper
Mackey has come up with his own style... allowing his imagination to run wild in an environment where art has its own … [Read more...]
UNFORGETTING por Roberto Lovato
Prison ARTS Collective: Program offers incarcerated artists a platform for self-healing
The universal language of art is being used to transform incarcerated men and women by giving them the tools for self-discovery, self-reflection and a … [Read more...]
Daughter transforms hatred into healing — Part 2
By Samantha Lawlor, Survivor For the first time in 13 years, I visited my father in prison. He had been transferred to a hospital and was … [Read more...]
2022
Looking back on a legacy of woodworking
In the late 1980’s, an “old lifer” at the California Men’s Colony took Douglas Ingham under his wing and taught him woodworking to keep him busy and … [Read more...]
Arthur Yeary brings people and animals to life
San Quentin State Prison has a diverse population of artists who work in a variety of styles and mediums. Each edition of SQ News seeks to highlight … [Read more...]