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SQ Music and lyrics workshop attracts professionals

March 10, 2020 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Twelve songs, featuring music and lyrics written and performed by inmates at San Quentin turned the prison’s Catholic chapel into a concert hall in … [Read more...]

SQN Jonson earns first Master’s Degree in 10 years

March 10, 2020 by Timothy Hicks

Striving for a good education has its challenges for anyone, but for incarcerated students those trials and tribulations are greater. However, one … [Read more...]

Reckoning with compounding moral debts leaves America unfulfilled

March 10, 2020 by Juan Haines

Two essays that appeared in The Atlantic magazine set up Ta-Nehisi Coates as a voice for African-Americans. He wrote The Case for Reparations in 2014 … [Read more...]

Vermont juvenile center to close

March 10, 2020 by kerry rudd

Vermont’s only juvenile detention facility no longer has children confined behind its walls, after being targeted by lawsuits in recent years for its … [Read more...]

144 graduate from Division of Rehabilitative Programs

February 20, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

San Quentin’s gym includes a sign stating “a second chance at a first class life.” One hundred and forty- five incarcerated people celebrated … [Read more...]

An unusual family visit at San Quentin

February 20, 2020 by Aaron Taylor

On the first day of 2020, Marion Wickerd --wife of 1000 Mile Club member Tommy Wickerd—shared a special moment with her husband of 15 years: The … [Read more...]

Rock guitarist Craig Bartock shares his talent in prison

February 20, 2020 by Kevin D. Sawyer

Rock guitarist Craig Bartock, who plays for the band Heart, earned a star for com- ing to prison. In December he visited the Thursday afternoon guitar … [Read more...]

Prison Truth: The Story of the San Quentin News

February 20, 2020 by Juan Haines

Veteran journalist Ted Koppel got it right when he said William J. Drummond proves to be the right person to tell the tale of San Quentin News (SQN). … [Read more...]

Ruling makes more prisoners eligible for parole hearings under Proposition 57

February 20, 2020 by kerry rudd

A new court ruling makes more prisoners eligible for parole hearings, according to the Second Appellate District's recent decision. The ruling … [Read more...]