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Blues musician Maxx Cabello rocks the yard

August 15, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Maxx Cabello

Maxx Cabello Jr.’s guitar wizardry entertained San Quentin’s Lower Yard June 23, as the visiting blues musician and singer debuted his new “Tattoos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, Recently Posted Tagged With: Alex Cabello, Maxx Cabello, SQ Music Program, Steward Burr

San Quentin News World Travels

August 1, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

SAN QUENTIN NEWS WORLD TRAVELS Various supporters with the SQ News in exotic locales....fromDisneyland, California to the real … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: San Quentin News, WORLD TRAVELS

Van Jones’ Redemption Project

July 30, 2018 by Juan Haines

Van Jones in the SQ News room

CNN commentator Van Jones, Jones was at San Quentin on May 10 working on his latest show, The Redemption Project. It consists of eight episodes that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Beyond the Messy Truth, Restorative Justice, The Redemption Project, The Van Jones Show, Van Jones

San Quentin mourns Dr. Davida Coady long time friend and volunteer

July 29, 2018 by John Lam

Dr. Davida Coady

San Quentin mourns the passing of one of its volunteers, Dr. Davida Coady, whose humanitarian work with Cesar Chavez, Mother Teresa and third-world … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Addiction Recovery Counseling (ARC), Cesar Chavez, Columbia Medicine, Davida Coady, Mother Teresa, Profiles, Tom Gorham, World Health Organization

San Francisco DA Gascόn stands apart from law enforcement to endorse bill

July 28, 2018 by Achilles

S.F.D.A. George Gascόn

Former Los Angeles Assistant Police Chief and current San Francisco District Attorney George Gascόn announced his support for a new bill in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Dan Schnur, L.A. Police Protective League, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascόn, Senator Kevin McCarty

Fathers and families: A traditional celebration

July 26, 2018 by Jesse Vasquez

Ollie Miller and daughter Logan Miller

Father’s Day came early for dads at San Quentin State Prison. On June 1, incarcerated fathers started filing into the main visiting room for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Father’s Day, Get on the Bus (GOTB), Parents Behind Bars: What Happens to Their Children, Prison Stories, The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

8th Day of Peace celebration held on SQ’s Lower Yard

July 24, 2018 by Haines and Payne

Sidewalk art competition talking place on the Lower Yard

After nine days of quarantine, San Quentin celebrated its eighth Day of Peace on May 19. Live bands on a makeshift stage played classic rock, reggae … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Danica Rodarmel, Day of Peace, Ear Hustle, Lisa Starbird, Pat Mesiti-Miller, San Quentin’s Restorative Justice

Out of prison but not yet free of ICE

June 21, 2018 by Eddie

Borey (PJ) Ai has served his sentence in the California prison system, but he is not yet a free man. Even as he walks the streets of San Francisco and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: #bringpjhome, APSC, Borey, cambodia, deportation, GRIP, Haas Institute, ROOTS, SQUIRES, UC Berkeley Law School, undocumented

Repairing a guitar leads to repairing chairs community

June 15, 2018 by Joe Garcia

Repaired guitar

At the public library in Benicia, children and parents value the craftsmanship of San Quentin inmates. SQ’s Furniture Shop recently volunteered its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Benicia Public Library, guitar repair, Helaine Bowles, Ron Glass, San Quentin Furniture Shop, SQ Music Program, Vallejo Times-Herald, Wade Morman

Raising awareness California’s ‘Life Without’

June 13, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

MCs Adrienne Skye Roberts and Aminah Colbert with Panelists Terah “Sage” Lawyer, Ny Nourn and June Lee

More than 100 advocates, family members and friends chanted, “Drop LWOP, drop LWOP, commute all 5,000!” at an Oakland town hall on March 24, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Adrienne Roberts, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Institution for Women, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, CCWF, CCWP, CCWP rally, CCWP’s “A Living Chance”, Central California Women’s Facility, Chowchilla, CIW, Corona, CURB, Death Row, Ivette Alé, June Lee, life without parole sentences, LWOP, Ny Nourn, Oakland, Terah “Sage” Lawyer, The Fire Inside

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