California’s recidivism rates remain among the highest in the country, but a majority of prisoners are not assigned to programs designed to address … [Read more...]

Two top officials of the Columbia Foundation conducted an exploratory visit to San Quentin Prison recently, looking for ways to help prisoners prepare … [Read more...]

“Educating the incarcerated is vitally important,” said Gary Shimel. “The greatest safety that we have to offer society is men who have come out of … [Read more...]

One of the major unintended consequences of realignment is loss of more than 1,500 critically important prisoner forest firefighters. For more than 60 … [Read more...]

Here are comments from incarcerated men who are coaches of the San Quentin sports teams. They report coaching challenges, the qualities that coaches … [Read more...]

A duo from the San Quentin tennis team suffered an agonizing 4-2 defeat to the University of San Francisco Dons. San Quentin players Ke Lam and … [Read more...]

Members of San Quentin’s 1000 Mile Club lined up for the ultimate challenge on Nov. 19, 105 laps around the lower yard, which is just about 26.2 miles … [Read more...]

By Fe P. Koons My tears will not bring back the hour of holding your tiny fingers in my palm or kissing your cheeks in the solitude of the night The … [Read more...]

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2012-13 budget proposals would reduce the state’s workforce by some 3,000 positions, mostly from the Department of … [Read more...]