The month of Ramadan is fast approaching, which is the period of obligatory fasting for Muslims around the world. Ramadan is an Islamic holy month … [Read more...]
Imam Returns From Mecca
Imam Kawsar Hossain has returned to San Quentin after a nearly two-month leave of absence to the Middle East. The purpose of the Imam’s trip was to … [Read more...]
MEMORIES OF FREEDOM
Will these walls that now surround me Be my future, then my end These cold steel bars before me Are my truth, I can’t pretend Are my memories of … [Read more...]
THE CORDOBA RIGHTS
You are being placed above the rest You have the right to smile, to wink at me, to blow me kisses, and to remain silent; any words you whisper, can … [Read more...]
SHINING LIGHT
Awesome and Wonderfull Voices lifting us up Inspiring in your delivery Of the Spirit of God Innocence of the soul On your faces shining With a joyful … [Read more...]
Look Who Made It:
I had the pleasure of getting to know a little about Flozelle Woodmore. She served 20 years of a life sentence for killing her abusive partner. After … [Read more...]
Indian Country
Tobacco has been used by American Indians for millennia. It is used as an offering to Mother Earth. Burned as a prayer to the Great Spirit and used … [Read more...]
Those Mighty Mallards Can Bust the Speed Limit
Mallard ducks are the usually affable, sometimes feisty little fowl who waddle around the prison competing for food (and PIA bread) among the much … [Read more...]
Back in the Day – Selected Stories From Back Issues Of The San Quentin News
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – As of Jan. 31, 1980, 98.2 percent of prison escapees for the years 1945 through 1978 have been apprehended. The rate for … [Read more...]
June 2010 News Briefs
LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – Former Lee County sheriff E.J. Melvin faces possible federal and state drug charges which allege that he sold drugs from … [Read more...]
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