California prison officials are doing everything they can to protect incarcerated people from Coronavirus outbreaks, except release half the population. San Quentin’s CCHCS building “What we are not going to do is make a bad situation worse,” … [Read more...]
The #STOPSANQUENTINOUTBREAK coalition
Participants in front of the prison’s main gate Major protests, media appearances and a growing social media campaign are being led by former San Quentin prisoners, families of the currently incarcerated, prison reform advocates and some … [Read more...]
Resources: Correspondence reading guide by mail Point Global Outreach
Correspondence reading guide by mailPoint Global Outreach provides a free 29-pageResource Directory for Prisoners. This directory providescorrespondence courses for many religions and spiritualtraditions, legal support, pen pals and more. Most … [Read more...]
In Memoriam for those taken by COVID-19 on SQ Death Row
Photos organized by Jonathan Chiu … [Read more...]
Eddie Mixon’s Struggle To Survive His Risks
As Coronavirus deaths escalate in California’s prisons, advocates say medical parole could help stem the pandemic. With a third of the population at San Quentin State Prison infected, the chronically ill and the elderly are scared that without … [Read more...]
AN OG’S PERSPECTIVE: “Aren’t You Grateful You’re Not in Prison Anymore?”
Watani Stiner was interviewed by his former creative writing teacher, Zoe Mullery, on July 22, 2020, regarding the outbreak of Coronavirus at San Quentin. Watani paroled from San Quentin in January 2015 after serving 26 years (5 from 1969-1974, when … [Read more...]
AT SAN QUENTIN, OVERCROWDING LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EXPLOSIVE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
All but nine of California’s 35 prisons house more people than the facility was designed to hold. The following article by Juan Haines, Senior Editor of the San Quentin News and Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg is reprinted by the permission of The … [Read more...]
The Incarcerated Deaf Have Extra Challenges
A new community of deaf people has finally arrived at San Quentin Prison. After battles in the courts and multiple fights contesting the ability of the deaf to function on non-handicapped prison yards, officials have conceded that deaf people may … [Read more...]
Wardens Broomfield, Allen Describe Their Journeys
San Quentin’s acting warden, Ron Broomfield, recently accepted an invitation to sit in and speak directly with the incarcerated participants of Power Source, a San Quentin self-help program designed for young adults. But more than talk, Broomfield … [Read more...]
Mt. Tam College Is Born at San Quentin
For the first time in history, an incarcerated community has an independent, accredited college program all its own. Newly named Mt. Tamalpais College (MTC) has established residency at San Quentin State Prison. “Everything happening right now is … [Read more...]
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