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9-year-old Illinois boy charged with murder and arson

January 2, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Kerry Rudd, Journalism Guild Writer An Illinois court recently charged a nine-year-old boy five first-degree murders and arson for starting … [Read more...]

Let the people speak: Dear San Quentin News

January 2, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

Can America continue to ignore the massive impact excessively harsh incarceration tactics are having on this country? How many children must go … [Read more...]

Being more conscious to our readers in the New Year

January 2, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

Happy New Year! Yeah, another year down and a decade gone. For those who have been incarcerated since the 1980s and ’90s, we have officially moved … [Read more...]

Call to action for renewed faith during October Revival Week

January 2, 2020 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

San Quentin Protestant chaplain, “Mother” Mardis Ralph Jackson, and some of the member leaders, took time to discuss the church’s Revival Week, which … [Read more...]

SQ Veterans Day brings chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts

January 2, 2020 by Juan Haines

Veteran’s Day brought the chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mary Anne Carter, inside San Quentin to mingle with artists and … [Read more...]

Advocates launch #MeTooBehindBars for those incarcerated

January 1, 2020 by Marcus Henderson

Sexual violence and transphobia in prisons are still taboo topics of discussion, even in the midst of some prison reform efforts nationwide. … [Read more...]

Avenal’s “Timeless” group explores insight into our past

January 1, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Adam Jennings, Contributing Writer At Avenal State Prison, the “Timeless” group is helping its incarcerated population explore the question … [Read more...]

SF Police personnel visit SQ for second “Blue on Blue” conversation

January 1, 2020 by Juan Haines

Two dozen San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) personnel made their way across San Quentin’s Lower Yard on Nov. 22 and stood among men they may have … [Read more...]

Annual Christmas Banquet brings out the holiday spirit

January 1, 2020 by David Ditto

The spirit of the holidays filled the San Quentin Protestant Chapel for more than 300 volunteers and prisoners at the annual Christmas Banquet. … [Read more...]