Ten days before Christmas, San Quentin News went to the visiting room where prisoners’ children received gifts collected by the Vietnam Veteran’s … [Read more...]
Phone Monopolies Score Profits
SELECT CORPORATIONS CHARGE PRISONERS INFLATED RATES TO CALL HOME A new report details how several corporations are driving prices up and increasing … [Read more...]
S.F. District Attorneys Visit San Quentin for Solutions
A group of San Francisco prosecutors working in the recently formed community courts met with San Quentin prisoners, seeking insight into what leads … [Read more...]
Criminal Victim Services Receive Prisoner Funds
San Quentin prisoners have supported five Bay Area crime victims services with a check for $36,029.14, to be equally divided. A presentation ceremony … [Read more...]
Author Provides Unique Perspective
One would not expect to read fiction and learn about American history, math, early childhood development, and ethics. However, Christopher Paul Curtis … [Read more...]
State Senator Supports National Recovery Week
At San Quentin’s annual celebration of addiction recovery, prisoners honored two prominent California politicians for their support of public safety … [Read more...]
Surprise Finding Dates Paper to ‘30s
In the Background section of the online San Quentin News the founding of the paper is traced to December 1940 when it was established by Warden … [Read more...]
Economy Benefits From Prison Labor
If California’s prisoners did not make many of the goods used by the state’s agencies, its economy would be negatively affected. A 2010 report said … [Read more...]
Volunteer Speaks on Importance of Financial Literacy Group
My father works to get people back into the job market from however they fell out of it: Prison, homelessness, mental illness, drug abuse, bad … [Read more...]
Quotes of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence … [Read more...]