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EDITORIAL – THE CALIFORNIA MODEL

June 1, 2023 by Steve Brooks

Collaboration is key Anybody who has ever seen a Norwegian prison will probably think it is unimaginable that such a thing could take place at San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Editorial, Recently Posted

Honor, service & restorative justice

May 2, 2023 by Marcus Henderson

Marcus Henderson moves to executive editor I am honored to move into my new role as the Executive Editor of SQNews. It has been a privilege … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Recently Posted Tagged With: Editorial

Changing of the guard

May 2, 2023 by Steve Brooks

A message from your new Editor-in-Chief As we embark on a momentous new era of transformation at San Quentin State Prison, I am proud to report a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Recently Posted Tagged With: Editorial

CELEBRATING OUR 150th EDITION

November 8, 2022 by Marcus Henderson

Struggles, tragedies and triumphs are what a good story and powerful dynasties are built on. SQNews is honored to reach another milestone by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Prison Media

EDITORIAL – It’s More Than Just Sports

June 28, 2022 by Timothy Hicks

For the incarcerated, athletics and physical wellness can become a pathway to rehabilitation and renewal  Sports are more than just sports. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, WALL CITY Tagged With: Editorial, Rehabilitation Corner, sports at SQ

CDCR’s grand gesture: The pizza party apology

November 23, 2021 by Joe Garcia

State’s COVID settlement offer includes pizza party as ‘morale booster’ Prison officials offered a series of concessions including a pizza party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Institutions

California $200 Gate Money Insufficient

August 28, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

Digital collage modern art. Hand giving and receiving money

California gives newly released prisoners $200 to help them make a new life, clearly nowhere enough for a realistic new life. The $200 is the same as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, MONEY MATTERS, Most Read Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Reentry

Editorial, December 2020

December 31, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

America has been riddled with racial strife, protest and a U.S. Congress stuck in perpetual gridlock. The nation is at a crossroads but century after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: editor-in-chief, Editorial

What role does society play in the development of felons?

March 16, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

Be it California or Mississippi, when news of suicides, murders or riots reaches any prison population the feeling is always the same: “damn”—if it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, Editorial, Equality, Human Interest, Inmate, social reform

Reflecting on the Texas murder of an unarmed Black man

November 18, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

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Amy Guyger, the White former Texas officer who killed unarmed Botham Jean, a Black man in his home, was found guilty of murder last month. Race … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, Recently Posted Tagged With: Black man, Editorial, Texas murder

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