• Home
  • About Us
  • Recent News
  • Rehabilitation Corner
  • Education
  • Legal
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Espanol
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe to San Quentin News

San Quentin News

San Quentin News

Written By Incarcerated - Advancing Social Justice

  • Home
  • Image Galleries
  • Back Issues
  • Wall City Magazine
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe

A governor's commutation gives Laverne Shoemaker a second chance

December 11, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

Laverne Shoemaker overcame what some prison reform activists call “a living death sentence.” Shoemaker was serving life without the possibility of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Inmate, Laverne Shoemaker, LWOP

A profile of success: Antwan "Banks" Williams

December 11, 2019 by Kevin Sawyer

Ear Hustle cofounder has lasting impact on his community - both inside and out of prison Antwan “Banks” Williams, 31, one of the co-founders of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Antwan “Banks” Williams, Ear Hustle cofounder, Inmate, Parole and Release, Profiles

California law paves the way for ex-felons to serve on juries

December 11, 2019 by Joe Garcia

The California jury system came a major step closer to fairly representing their communities and the criminal defendants they deliberate over thanks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: California law, ex-felons to serve on juries

Alameda County top prosecutor in favor of rehabilitation

December 11, 2019 by Kevin Sawyer

One of California’s top prosecutors says it’s important to keep deserving persons out of prison and to help deserving incarcerated people build a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, Rehabilitation Corner, William Drummond

The visionary who resurrected San Quentin News

December 11, 2019 by Kevin Sawyer

Eleven years ago, former San Quentin warden Robert Ayers Jr. pulled the San Quentin News from the dust heap and revitalized the inmate-run publication … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Back in the Day, Institutions, Prison Stories, sq news, Warden Ayers

Annual KidCAT banquet celebrates service to others

November 20, 2019 by Joe Garcia

This year’s KidCAT banquet celebrated the magic and power that comes through dedicating one’s self to being of service to others. Outside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: sq Kidcat

Family, community and music fill Makahiki celebration

November 20, 2019 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Sixty men in “Ocean Pacific Blue” along with 24 community members attended an annual Hawaiian celebration called Makahiki, in San Quentin’s Visiting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Makahiki celebration

Coco Guaff, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams

November 20, 2019 by Aaron Taylor

Good sportsmanship, among the current millennial generation, is lacking in today’s social media environment. The impact that we have on a person or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Coco Guaff, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams

All Madden 0-1 against Michael Vick’s Georgia United team

November 20, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

By Dre’Quinn Johnson Contributing Writer San Quentin’s Flag Football program opened the 2019 season in late September with All Madden playing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: SQ All Madden

Historical fiction gives account of the slave trade

November 18, 2019 by Juan Haines

Homegoing, a debut novel by Yaa Gyasi (2016), explores the unhealed wounds of slavery, compellingly rendered through several hundred years, seven … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Juan's Book Review

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • …
  • 159
  • Next Page »

Video

Made With Love At San Quentin State Prison The Last Mile Logo