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Spanning the years…Sketch artist Peter Bergne brings history to life 

August 27, 2022 by Edwin Chavez

At San Quentin, we discover artists who, prior to their incarceration, came from varying walks of life. Peter M. Bergne, a former illustrator, tool … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Featured, Inmate, Profiles

Survivor describes his struggles battling COVID-19

September 30, 2020 by Alfred King

Male Nurse

The Covid-19 outbreak at San Quentin has caused the death of 26 prisoners and one guard. Ron Lee Joffrion, 55, is a survivor of the outbreak. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Health Care, Inmate Tagged With: cdcr, COVID-19

S.Q. News Photographer Heads Out the Gate

May 10, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Javier Jiménez, the San Quentin News (SQN) staff photographer for the last 18 months, ended his eight-year prison journey on March 16 when he became a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Inmate, Parole and Release, SQ News Tagged With: paroled

Pelican Bay’s new podcast ‘UNLOCKED’

March 16, 2020 by Vincent O'Bannon

Creators of a new Pelican Bay podcast look to build community and prisoner relationships—one story at a time, reported the Lost Coast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Inmate, Performances, Prison Media, Prison Reform, Public Services, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: making a chance, Pelican Bays Unlocked, Restoring Communities

What role does society play in the development of felons?

March 16, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

Be it California or Mississippi, when news of suicides, murders or riots reaches any prison population the feeling is always the same: “damn”—if it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Editorial, Education, Human Interest, Inmate, Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, Equality, social reform

Newsom proposes reducing probation and boosting rehabilitation programs

March 16, 2020 by Dillon Kim

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom talking with Juan Haines

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing major changes in California’s criminal justice system by reducing probation to two years and boosting rehabilitation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inmate, Parole and Release, Politics, Prison Reform, Recently Posted, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: prison reform, rehabilitated returning citizens, second chance

Occupational licenses out of reach for most felons

March 16, 2020 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

People who have served time in prison are likely to find many occupational licenses unavailable to them – licenses that are necessary to earn a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inmate, Money, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: equal opportunity, job reform

Overall arrest rates fall for state

March 12, 2020 by Dillon Kim

Arrest rates in California are at a record low, declining by an average of 48% from 1995 levels, a recent study reports. “Overall arrest rates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, Inmate, Prison Reform Tagged With: Arrest rates, Justice reform

SQN EXTRA: CLIMATE DISASTER INSIDE AMERICA’S PRISONS

February 10, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Alfred King, Journalism Guild Writer Prisoners are often endangered when natural climatic change disasters such as floods, storms, hurricanes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Human Interest, Inmate, Recently Posted Tagged With: climate change, firefighter

A governor's commutation gives Laverne Shoemaker a second chance

December 11, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

Laverne Shoemaker overcame what some prison reform activists call “a living death sentence.” Shoemaker was serving life without the possibility of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Inmate, Recently Posted, Women in Prison Tagged With: Laverne Shoemaker, LWOP

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