Routine checkups can find health problems early. For many health problems, early treatment can help prevent more serious problems. A “screen” is a … [Read more...]
San Quentin Prison Medical
NEW FACES IN MEDICAL Dr. Tootell, the previous CDCR Central Regional Medical Director and consultant with UCSF, has joined San Quentin Prison as the … [Read more...]
“DIRTY BIRD!”
What do you get when you mix a drunk with a knife trying to teach a parrot to speak obscenities? You get a guy doing jail time and a parrot who slurs … [Read more...]
Executions Resume
On April 16, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that lethal injection as practiced in Kentucky is not “cruel and unusual punishment” under the U.S. … [Read more...]
Integrating Prison Cells
California’s prisons have long been integrated. Women’s housing, dining rooms, camps, classrooms, programs, work assignments, yards, visiting and … [Read more...]
A Surviving Soul
They say when death nears, your priorities change; so with my experience with that, I have a question: What is your hope in the face of death? I see a … [Read more...]
San Quentin Giants “Winning” Season
The San Quentin Giants have managed to win more than they’ve lost, so far. This past Saturday (May 31, 2008) there was a sense of “wow” that … [Read more...]
Overall Health And Wellness
“If you have come to help me you’r are wasting your time…but if you have come because you liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work … [Read more...]
“Like Me”
Listen Lil’ Homie… i’d rather have you like me, than to be like me, See, cause if you were like me, peace would be unlikely, See, i live in a … [Read more...]
Shakespeare's Best Performance
Wow! We made front page news in the Marin Independent Journal (March 04, 2008, Tuesday), for performing Shakespeare’s “Much to do About Nothing.” Who … [Read more...]