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SQ residents celebrate as Juneteenth becomes America’s newest national holiday

July 31, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

San Quentin residents joined Americans everywhere observing the new national holiday, Juneteenth, celebrating the formal end of slavery. “I think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Holidays, Human Interest, sports

Changing the culture at Riker’s Island

July 31, 2021 by Joe Garcia

Commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections Vincent Shiraldi flew to California for one day with one specific goal—to step inside San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Institutions, New York, prison reform

Program Profile: Yoga Returns to San Quentin

July 30, 2021 by Juan Haines

When programs reopened after the COVID-19 lock-down, Yoga instructor James Fox was one of the first volunteers to return to San Quentin State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Mental Stimulation, Prison Programs, Prison Yoga Project

IT’S SHOWTIME! WITH AARON TAYLOR

June 28, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

Being prepared boosted Aaron “Showtime” Taylor from being a sports announcer inside San Quentin to doing the public address announcing at a game for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: basketball, Golden State Warriors, Parole and Release, Profiles, sports

Tough seasons ahead for San Quentin A’s

May 31, 2021 by Malik Ali

Last season, the San Quentin A’s finished with a 38-2 record, placing the team in the upper echelons of SQ sports history. Going into the 2020 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: San Quentin baseball, SQ baseball

Michael Harris is free after 30 years

May 30, 2021 by San Quentin News

Michael Harris, co-founder of Death Row Records and former San Quentin News editor-in-chief, has finally been freed. Harris was granted a pardon by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read, Staff Profile Tagged With: Michael Harris, Prison Media, Reentry, San Quentin News

California Reentry Healthcare Hotline

April 10, 2021 by San Quentin News

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Filed Under: Most Read, RE-ENTRY Tagged With: Reentry

Elderly San Quentin men struggle with COVID restrictions

March 31, 2021 by Edwin Chavez

George Derrick and Leonard King

After surviving the impact of COVID-19, incarcerated senior citizens are struggling to retain prior learning in academics, self-help groups, physical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Disabled, elderly prisoners, Health and Wellness

Immigrants subject to ICE deportation regardless of commutations, pardons or medical reprieves

March 31, 2021 by Heriberto Arredondo

Deportation is still a reality for undocumented immigrants with a criminal past, even if they have received a commutation or pardon from a governor, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: ICE, immigration detention, Spanish

1995’s The Million Man March in Washington, D.C.

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

On October 16, 1995 more than a million Black men gather at the nation’s Capitol Hill and Mall in Washington DC for “A Day of Atonement.” This past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Back in the Day, public protest

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