California has allocated $7.5 million for reparations to survivors who were subjected to state-sponsored sterilization or involuntary sterilization, … [Read more...]
Interviews offer SQ residents chance to share stories of healing
San Quentin residents who were locked down for 14 months because of COVID-19 have mixed feelings about the care they received. Nevertheless, some are … [Read more...]
Grudge match: Two old B-ballers go one-on-one
On July 9, two SQ B-ballers challenged each other to a one-on-one game of basketball. The 2020 DuPont Award-winning and Pulitzer Award-nominated Ear … [Read more...]
MOURNING OUR LOSSES Hosts Rememberances
Since May 2020, educators, artists, and organizers – many returning citizens – say they are willing to write, edit and translate humanizing memorials … [Read more...]
Deadliest Day in San Quentin’s History–August 21, 1971
The deadliest day in San Quentin’s history took place 50 years ago on Aug. 21, 1971. On a single day of violence, three guards and three prisoners … [Read more...]
ELDER DERRICK HOLLOWAY LEADS SQ GARDEN CHAPEL
Displayed in the entry hallway in Garden Chapel is a Biblical verse that reads “Iron sharpens iron.” Since 2009, Pastor Derrick Holloway has been … [Read more...]
Texas-another broken prison system
Thousands of people incarcerated in Texas had to endure inhumane living conditions in a subfreezing weather emergency, while also battling the … [Read more...]
IDEO workshop searches for real solutions
A designed thinking firm asked a room full of prisoners, “How might San Quentin turn into a place that serves the rehabilitation needs of new … [Read more...]
Innocent man released after almost three decades incarcerated
A man was released from prison after DNA evidence cleared him of a rape committed in 1982, the Oakland Post reported. Thirty-seven years ago Archie … [Read more...]
San Quentin college students defend Ethics Bowl championship against UC Santa Cruz (before COVID)
Student debate teams from the College Program at San Quentin and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) matched wits once again on the prison … [Read more...]
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