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...]
4 Candidates Answer 5 Questions
WE QUERIED THE SIX RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR — FOUR RESPONDED The San Quentin News sent five questions to each of the six candidates for California … [Read more...]
Sell S.Q. for $2 Billion?
Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has raised the issue of selling San Quentin Prison to private developers for an estimated $1 billion to $2 … [Read more...]
So What Happens to a Seatbelt-less Parolee?
When you forget your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. As a parolee, I do not have the luxury of room for making mistakes. Only three short … [Read more...]
400 Years of Injustice For Native Americans
Four and a half centuries after Europeans first set foot upon North American soil, it boggles the mind that in this day and age an American Indian’s … [Read more...]
North Block Inmates Trying to Stay Clean
North Block’s cleanliness needs the cooperation of its inmate population and staff alike. Last month, the Men’s Advisory Counsel (Mac) handed out a … [Read more...]
Van Jones: A Life With Ups and Downs
Gone from the White House Who is Van Jones? Van Jones is a human rights activist, Yale Law school graduate and founder of the Ella Baker Center and … [Read more...]