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Giants Drop the Ball Against Woods

September 29, 2011 by GARY SCOTT

The San Quentin Giants baseball team could not mount a comeback over the outside team, the San Francisco Woods, losing the game 7-4 .The S.Q. Giants … [Read more...]

2011-12 Budget Woes

September 29, 2011 by San Quentin News Staff

California’s prison system remains under pressure by the courts to curb overcrowding and to shut the revolving door of its prison gates, but without … [Read more...]

September 2011 News Briefs

September 29, 2011 by Richard Richardson

SACRAMENTO – Some 3,300 California state workers have been notified that their jobs may soon be eliminated. The layoffs would take place over the next … [Read more...]

NASA to Start Program With S.Q.’s Machine Shop

July 29, 2011 by Michael R. Harris

NASA Ames has picked San Quentin for an important training program to manufacture a platform that will enable hundreds of science projects to be … [Read more...]

New Effort Launched To End Death Penalty

July 29, 2011 by Juan Haines

A new attempt has been launched to abolish capital punishment in California with claims it is an expensive failure. Supporters of Senate Bill 490 … [Read more...]

Former CDCR Chief Provides Insight into Death Penalty Issue

July 29, 2011 by San Quentin News Staff

Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles on the Aug. 2 interview Editor-in-Chief Michael R. Harris conducted with Jeanne Woodford, a former … [Read more...]

Seventy-four Graduate

July 29, 2011 by Aly Tamboura

Prisoners’ family members, volunteers, educational and corrections staff packed the San Quentin Garden Chapel to witness extraordinary achievement in … [Read more...]

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

July 29, 2011 by Michael Cooke

In her book, “The New Jim Crow,” Michelle Alexander writes, that when a prisoner is released from incarceration, he or she enters a metaphorical … [Read more...]

25th Annual Veterans’ Scholarship Ceremony Honors Area Students

July 29, 2011 by Arnulfo Garcia

Military veterans incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison continue giving to their country by awarding scholarships to local high school … [Read more...]

Richmond Teens Offer Advice to Community

July 29, 2011 by Michael R. Harris

If you were mayor, what would you do to make Richmond a better place to live? That question was posed to high school students whose ideas included … [Read more...]