Four short films titled “Healing Thru Freedom” were created to document Black experiences in America’s modern criminal justice system, according to … [Read more...]
BOOK REVIEW: ‘American Dirt’ by Jeanine Cummins
A mother and her 8-year-old son flee northward from deep in southern Mexico. Hard on their heels is the cartel intent on their murders. Cut off from … [Read more...]
Book Review-Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy By Heather Ann Thompson
Attica (ăt′ ĭ-kə) n. An ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were unified into a … [Read more...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (2001)
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001) opens with a storyline that is hard and edgy. However, as the characters come to life, detailed … [Read more...]
HBO film O.G. reviewed at Sing Sing prison
Incarcerated audience was invited to engage in Q&A dialogue with film’s director Madeleine Sackler The groundbreaking film O.G. was shown to a … [Read more...]
Power Source group commemorates first-ever YOP graduation
San Quentin youth offenders came together on their own—in a grassroots ceremony on June 23, to commemorate the first-ever graduating cycle of the … [Read more...]
Removal of books from prison library seen as attempt to censor black history
The Danville Correctional Center in Illinois has removed more than 200 books from its library, volunteers from the Education Justice Project and … [Read more...]
Ken Burns brings Country Music to SQ
Ken Burns came to the San Quentin chapel and delivered an exclusive prison screening of his latest American gospel, Country Music. The July 24 … [Read more...]
East Oakland Times publisher Tio MacDonald
Many people in the San Quentin writing community are familiar with East Oakland Times and its publisher, Tio MacDonald. Dime after dime goes to his … [Read more...]
The documentary Q Ball premieres at San Quentin
“My first visit to The Q with the Warriors was an experience I will never forget” On a rainy Wednesday evening in the middle of May, Q Ball … [Read more...]