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Survey Asked 100 San Quentin Prisoners About Their Reaction and Effect of Prison Suicides

May 15, 2013 by Salvador Solorio

On the same week a federal judge refused to end oversight of state prisons mental health services, an unscientific survey asked 100 San Quentin men … [Read more...]

Expanding Access to Higher Education Behind Bars

May 15, 2013 by JulianGlenn Padgett

By JulianGlenn Padgett Feather River College is educating one San Quentin prisoner with correspondence courses and is expanding its program in San … [Read more...]

Vietnam Veterans Group of San Quentin

May 15, 2013 by CHRISTOPHER SCHUMACHER

26th Annual Veterans Scholarship Award Banquet The Vietnam Veterans Group of San Quentin is once again rallying the troops for its 26th annual … [Read more...]

Cinco de Mayo Is Not Mexican Independence Day

May 15, 2013 by San Quentin News Contributor

Every year on May the 5th, I get a Facebook post on my wall from my French friend Thomas. Sitting on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, he usually … [Read more...]

May 2013 News Briefs

May 15, 2013 by San Quentin News Staff

Richmond County, Ga.— Sheriff’s officials began a new program that charges offenders a $5 co-pay for medical services, reports the Augusta Chronicle. … [Read more...]

‘Inner Peace’ Self-help Program Coming to San Quentin Prison

May 15, 2013 by San Quentin News Contributor

A self-help program recognized worldwide for its ability to help individuals discover and enhance their inner peace is coming to San Quentin. It … [Read more...]

Giants Coast to an Easy Victory While Crushing A’s in Their Season Opener

May 15, 2013 by GARY SCOTT

In their season opener, the San Quentin Giants hit their way to a 12-5 victory over the San Quentin Athletics. Down 3-2 in the bottom of the third … [Read more...]

San Quentin Warriors Start Season Opener With a Lose

May 15, 2013 by GARY SCOTT

Trailing by eight points at the start of the second half in their much anticipated season-opener, the San Quentin Warriors basketball team could not … [Read more...]

Journalist Suggests Changes To Solitary Confinement

April 14, 2013 by Kevin D. Sawyer

California needs to significantly change its policies and practices on solitary confinement, a noted broadcaster said before a group of San Quentin … [Read more...]

Data Reveals 3-Strike Offenders Need Substance Abuse Programs

April 14, 2013 by Charles David Henry

The trials and tribulations offenders sentenced under California’s Three Strikes law go through are more challenging than any other category of … [Read more...]