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More credits offered under Prop 57

May 6, 2019 by San Quentin News

“As of May 1, 2019 (under new emergency regulations), people can earn 10 days of (Rehabilitative Achievement) credit for every 52 hours of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, michael johnson, Parole and Release, prop. 57, public safety, Rehabilitation Corner

WALL CITY VOLUME 1: LIFE AFTER THE SHU

April 19, 2019 by Kevin.Sawyer

Between them, five men spent nearly a century inside a prison within a prison, California’s notorious Security Housing Unit (SHU). Isolated from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, WALL CITY

Queens of the Stone Age, Deadsy & Queeny King rock out at SQ

December 31, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Queens of the Stone Age "Go with the Flow"

San Quentin is still on many great musicians’ “must” list of places to perform. Queens of the Stone Age, Queeny King and Deadsy are now among the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Human Interest, Profiles, Queeny King, SQ Music Program

Kid CAT banquet honors the forgotten voices of youth

December 30, 2018 by John Lam

Kid CAT Banquet

Kid CAT celebrated the “forgotten voices” of youth at its 2018 annual banquet. “Tonight’s Banquet was about bringing awareness to the youths, who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Juvenile Justice, Kid CAT branch, Youth Offender

21st century solutions to 20th century problems

December 29, 2018 by San Quentin News Staff

PUP Academic Conference

They came from all over the prison and the nation. Scholars dressed in standard blue prison uniforms walked down a staircase that leads from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Prison University Project

Senator and author share challenge of passing SB 1437

December 10, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Maria Watson and Nancy Skinner SB1437

It’s hard to get laws changed, even harder to make any revisions applicable to people already serving their time, nevertheless Senator Nancy Skinner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read Tagged With: Alex Mallick, Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), felony-murder rule, Restore Justice

CA leads nation in women on Death Row

November 20, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Courtesy of CDCR

California leads the nation with 23 women on Death Row, but the condemned women are largely invisible and forgotten behind bars, and their stories … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Most Read, WOMEN IN PRISON Tagged With: California Institution for Women, Central California Women’s Facility, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, incarcerated women

San Quentin holds 15th Annual Health Fair

October 22, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

Hundreds of prisoners formed long lines on San Quentin’s Lower Yard at the prison’s 15th Annual Health Fair on Aug. 24. Stations were set up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: APSC, Bay Area Black Nurses Association, CENTERFORCE, Health and Wellness, ROOTS, SFSU School of Nursing, SQ Health Fair, TRUST

Formerly incarcerated author, Donna Hylton

October 18, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Donna Hylton, who was abused as a child, spent 27 years in prison and wrote a book about how she turned her life around. She said her mission today is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Most Read Tagged With: Black women, incarcerated women, Profiles

Last RISE inmate graduation for Dante Callegari

October 16, 2018 by Juan Haines

Dante Callegari has announced his retirement after training hundreds of San Quentin inmates in modern construction technology (MCT). The announcement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Dante Callegari, MCT, Profiles, RISE, Warden Davis

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