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Tennis Season Begins in S.Q.

May 25, 2014 by Rahsaan Thomas

Inside Tennis Team kicked off its season against Sharon Skylor and her crew, with ITT winning two of the three matches. Skylor and her partner, Larry … [Read more...]

Thrilling Finish of 4×400 Relay Winds Up Meet

May 25, 2014 by Aaron Taylor

Carlos Ramirez ran down Eddie Herena – who had a 37-meter head start – in the last leg of the 4x400 relay race at the 1000 Mile Club’s track meet in … [Read more...]

Bragging Rights Go to San Quentin Prison Report for Beating S.Q. News

May 25, 2014 by San Quentin News Contributor

San Quentin Prison Report won prison bragging rights by defeating the San Quentin News in a half-court game of four-on-four basketball, 31-18. “I told … [Read more...]

San Quentin Giants Fall to the Cubs, 11-10

May 25, 2014 by Aaron Taylor

It was the bottom of the ninth, the bases were loaded with a full count and the San Quentin Giants were trailing by one to the visiting Cubs. A hit or … [Read more...]

Sports Roundup as the Spring Season Begins

May 25, 2014 by Rahsaan Thomas

Sports is alive again with the spring season at San Quentin. Here’s what fans cheered about on the Lower Yard and gym: The San Quentin Kings came back … [Read more...]

Green Team Victorious Over S.Q. Warriors, 80-63

May 25, 2014 by Rahsaan Thomas

Just hours before game one of the NBA playoffs, Golden State Warriors staffers Ben Draa and Patrick Lacey matched skills with San Quentin’s Warriors … [Read more...]

Study: Thousands Wrongfully Convicted

April 24, 2014 by Ted Swain

A minimum of 9,900 innocent people are wrongfully convicted each year, according to a study by Ohio State University. The study used information from … [Read more...]

New Report Shows ‘Little Difference’ in Conviction Rate Before and After Realignment

April 24, 2014 by Kevin D. Sawyer

More than a year after the implementation of California’s Realignment plan (AB 109) to reduce the state’s once burgeoning prison population, a new … [Read more...]

Federal Court Rules Two Parole Laws ‘Unconstitutional’

April 24, 2014 by Chung Kao

A federal court has ruled that two California parole laws are unconstitutional. Proposition 89, amended the state’s constitution in 1988 and gave the … [Read more...]

Historian Jeff Craemer Educates Visitors About the History of S.Q.

April 24, 2014 by Tommy Winfrey

San Quentin historian Jeff Craemer grew up in Marin County, looking at San Quentin in the distance. As a young boy, Craemer watched some of the … [Read more...]