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Queeny King performs at SQ

May 15, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

At age 8, singer-song writer Queeny King sang in a Soviet Union prison. In March, she performed at San Quentin State Prison. Dressed in black … [Read more...]

Folsom’s Insight Garden Project

May 12, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

California women prisoners are learning to go “green” as they gain skills in garden design and environmental education through the award-winning … [Read more...]

Death Row inmate freed after serving more than 25 years

May 11, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

A man who spent 27 years on Death Row walked out the prison gates on April 17, 2018. “He appeared amazed to be on the other side of the wall,” Public … [Read more...]

Youth offenders graduate Pre-Apprentice Program

April 28, 2018 by William Harris

STOCKTON -- Ten youth offenders graduated with a marketable job skill after completing the first Pre-Apprentice Construction Labor Program at the N.A. … [Read more...]

Santa Clara DA discusses solutions to crime

April 26, 2018 by Juan Haines

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen did something few prosecutors would have the guts to do. He went inside San Quentin and walked across … [Read more...]

Running from the prison cell to public office

April 24, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

‘Should we bear the burden of our past when our present has been involved in fixing the future?’ Lewis Conway Jr., a formerly incarcerated man, is … [Read more...]

NY’s Hudson Link graduates women

April 22, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Incarcerated women made history when they graduated for the first time from a prison college program in New York state. Five women prisoners and one … [Read more...]

Billing inmates $600 by medical provider-CCHCS

April 19, 2018 by Charles David Henry

Men who received treatment from hospitals outside the prison were surprised to receive medical bills along with a notice that they had to pay for … [Read more...]

Singer/songwriter Neda Boin brings inspiration to SQ

April 16, 2018 by Kevin D. Sawyer

There is a way to change anger and fear to love, singer-songwriter Neda Boin told an audience of San Quentin prisoners and outside guests. For her, it … [Read more...]

New California youth offender bills

April 11, 2018 by San Quentin News Contributor

California legislators are introducing two new bills that will affect accomplices of felony murder and youth offenders under SB 260, 261, and AB … [Read more...]