Texas prison officials determined that Facebook friendships alone do not violate the ban on fraternization between prisoners and staff, according to … [Read more...]

Oregon politicians and law enforcement groups are fighting over efforts to reduce voter-approved mandatory minimum prison sentences. Mandatory … [Read more...]

A significant number of former foster care residents wind up homeless or in prison, according to a survey by the state Senate Office of Research and … [Read more...]

Washington, D.C. – In an effort to reduce the number of prisoners in federal penitentiaries, Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, is proposing a … [Read more...]

June 19, 1865, is labeled the birth of Juneteenth  Several hundred prisoners were drawn to San Quentin’s Lower Yard by a historical account of … [Read more...]

Question: If you, the OG, had the ear of the young people, what would you tell them? Dear OG Watani, My name is La-La, and I am 49 years old. In your … [Read more...]

Four characters make up Franz Kafka’s short story, The Penal Colony. Each character represents a particular kind of citizen in … [Read more...]

Honor Guard Being incarcerated has not deterred the members of the VVGSQ from continuing to display a high-level of military decorum inside San … [Read more...]

San Quentin Chief Medical Officer What’s the Leading Cause of Death for Former Inmates? In 2007, the New England Journal of Medicine published an … [Read more...]