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Congratulations to the graduating class of 2024

August 26, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

The Robert E. Burton Adult Education Adult School at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center held a commencement ceremony for the 2024 graduating … [Read more...]

SQ residents celebrate friend, mentor Bernard Moss

August 13, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Incarcerated people at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, as well as self-help volunteers, reflected on the loss of a unique, caring … [Read more...]

U.S. Supreme Court decision allows SQ Covid lawsuits to proceed

August 10, 2024 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

The U.S. Supreme Court denied without dissent or further comments a State of California motion to dismiss a San Quentin-related Covid lawsuit, which … [Read more...]

SUMMER BLAST CONCERT BRINGS FAITH, HOPE, AND HIP HOP TO THE Q

November 29, 2023 by Michael Callahan

Residents and volunteers gathered on San Quentin’s Lower Yard to enjoy hip-hop music and messages of faith through lyrical performances as part of the … [Read more...]

RON BROOMFIELD TAPPED AS NEW DIRECTOR OF ADULT INSTITUTIONS

November 29, 2023 by San Quentin News

Ron Broomfield will no longer be the warden of San Quentin State Prison. He has been appointed director of the Division of Adult Institutions at … [Read more...]

NATIVE HAWAIIANS, ROOTS RAISING FUNDS FOR MAUI WILDFIRE VICTIMS

November 29, 2023 by San Quentin News

In August 2023, the Hawaiian island of Maui was hit hard by wind-driven wildfires, causing widespread damage and destroying the town of Lahaina. The … [Read more...]

BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN

November 29, 2023 by Andrew Hardy

FAMILIES, LOVED ONES OF THE INCARCERATED ATTEND SQ EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FIRST GRADUATION SINCE 2019 On July 28, San Quentin’s Garden Chapel … [Read more...]

Editorial: No more ‘inmates’

August 14, 2023 by Steve Brooks

For a long time we have allowed our reporters and contributors at the San Quentin News to use their own discretion when it comes to using the term … [Read more...]