Recent legislation has created new opportunities for prisoners to have their sentences recalled by the court. But there are also new political … [Read more...]
Sports film director Liam Hughes visits SQ
Local sports film director Liam Hughes visited San Quentin on Oct. 1 to get a sense of how it feels being inside of prison, for a documentary he is … [Read more...]
Jamal versus Jamaal: Intramural basketball goes into double overtime
Finally, after a long on-again off-again season due to COVID shut downs, the Intramural Basketball League held its championship game, and team Cookies … [Read more...]
9th Circuit won’t end CA’s moratorium on executions
A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force California to resume executions of almost 700 men and women on Death … [Read more...]
Daughter transforms hatred into healing — Part 2
By Samantha Lawlor, Survivor For the first time in 13 years, I visited my father in prison. He had been transferred to a hospital and was … [Read more...]
TEIR TALK: Q&A with SQ’s biggest baseball fan
It was a sad day in Mudville (San Quentin) when Mighty Casey (the San Francisco Giants) struck out in the playoffs (against the Los Angeles … [Read more...]
Conversations with Great Teachers by Bill Smoot
To learn something in life, or anything for that matter, you must have help from a teacher. So says Bill Smoot, 74, author of a must-read book titled … [Read more...]
Virginia denies breast surgery for trans man housed in women’s prison
A transgender man in a Virginia women’s prison has sued the state for denying him breast removal surgery, the Associated Press … [Read more...]
Learning the hard way
Lifer violates parole, shares the hard lessons he learned with others Not everyone who gets parole makes a success of their life. Some men like … [Read more...]
Prison Policy Initiative releases 2020-21 study
The nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released its Annual Report, summarizing the advocacy and research it has done in the past … [Read more...]
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