“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is one of many songs the incarcerated population at San Quentin will not hear carolers singing this year due to the … [Read more...]
The Tender Moments of Valentine’s Day
Kate and Eddie Happy Valentine's Day Babe ♥ Love you always ! Tommy and Marion Wickerd Happy Valentine's Day Honey T 26.2 M Team Robert and Erma … [Read more...]
Archbishop Cordileone holds San Quentin Christmas mass
God can use prison time to turn someone into the person He wants them to be, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told a San Quentin audience during a … [Read more...]
Semester ends with a Christmas celebration
On the Friday before Christmas, Silent Night played as San Quentin students, their tutors and guests made their way into a classroom filled with the … [Read more...]
Christmas Carols in San Quentin
San Quentin’s Chaplain Mardi Ralph Jackson and dozens of supporters per- Hall has been in charge of formed live on Dec. 21 at the prison’s 28th … [Read more...]
Offering cultural education through Kwanzaa
Lit candles for Kwanzaa celebration Over 100 San Quentin residents ushered in Kwanzaa 2019 with a night of enlightening and culturally relevant … [Read more...]
Annual Christmas Banquet brings out the holiday spirit
Guests dining at a previous Christmas Banquet The spirit of the holidays filled the San Quentin Protestant Chapel for more than 300 volunteers and … [Read more...]
A competitive spirit reigned during the Fourth of July celebration at SQ
San Quentin’s Lower Yard opened on Independence Day to a carnival-like event that kept hundreds of prisoners entertained all day. A Christian … [Read more...]
Juneteenth weekend celebration at San Quentin
The 2019 Juneteenth weekend at San Quentin concluded with speeches and musical performances in the prison’s Catholic Chapel. About 70 inmates and a … [Read more...]
The uplifting experience of Good Friday at San Quentin
Watson Allison, who spent more than 30 years on San Quentin’s Death Row, was one of many in awe of sunset ser- vices for Good Friday — the day Jesus … [Read more...]