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"Just Sit" by Sukeu and Elizabeth Novogratz

September 30, 2018 by Juan Haines

Authors Sukey and Elizabeth (Beth) Novogratz didn’t write their book on meditation exclusively for prisoners, but much of their approach seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: Juan's Book Review

A look inside the bustling San Quentin prison library

June 11, 2018 by Forrest Lee Jones

Worker Coles-El showing a patron info from a catalog

Every day, the San Quentin State prison library is bustling with activity. Inmates might be ordering books from the clerks at the counter. Other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Review, Book/Movie Reviews, Education, Featured Tagged With: Douglas Jeffrey, Eric Cummings, Gabriel Loiederman, George “Mesro” Coles-El, Glen Mason, Joseph Krauter, Neuro-Tribe, prison library, Prison University Project, PUP, Restorative Justice, Ronald Chatters, San Quentin, San Quentin State prison library, Steve Silverman, The Rise and Fall of California’s Radical Prison Movement

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

June 1, 2017 by Juan Haines

Their eyes were watching god

Few would connect author Zora Neale Hurston with movie director Spike Lee. But, if you know Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It (1987), you’re familiar with … [Read more...]

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Lucifer

April 1, 2016 by Emile Deweaver

Tom-Bolema-and-Eric-Phil-Phillips-from-SQTV

The new FOX series “Lucifer” depicts a lopsided view of America’s criminal justice system, but that may be the least of its sins. In “Lucifer,” Laura … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: criminal justice system

Baggage Claim

March 1, 2016 by Rahsaan Thomas

Paula Patton stars in Baggage Claim, a funny romantic comedy about the antics a girl named Montana goes through trying to land a marriage-worthy man … [Read more...]

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Caring Collectively for Women Prisoners

February 1, 2016 by Juan Haines

For the San Quentin News staff, reporting news from the perspective of women prisoners is challenging. So reading an authentic source, such as The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews

The Walking Dead

February 1, 2016 by Emile Deweaver

For years, the members of SQ Reviews have heard stories about the A&E sensation, The Walking Dead. We gnawed our pillows in envy. Finally, we … [Read more...]

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Life of a King

January 1, 2016 by Rahsaan Thomas

Life of a King does an outstanding job of portraying the realities of using chess as a means of saving young men who come from dysfunctional homes … [Read more...]

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Empire

December 1, 2015 by Emile Deweaver

The most popular show on FOX widens the racial divides in America every Wednesday at 9 p.m. Empire tells the story of Lucious Lyon, a hip-hop music … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews

The Women of San Quentin: Soul Murder of Transgender Women in Male Prisons by Kristin Schreier Lyseggen

November 1, 2015 by Juan Haines

When Kristin Schreier Lyseggen moved from her native Norway to Berkeley, she saw it as an opportunity to understand the lives of people struggling to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews

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