California should use more of the millions of Proposition 47 savings to fund community groups that help addicts kick drug addiction and get off the … [Read more...]
Former Death Row inmate turns advocate
Former Death Row inmate Shujaa Graham has turned into a prison rights advocate. Graham spent 11 years in various California prisons and was convicted … [Read more...]
Rick Barry’s free-throw style didn’t look cool…it just worked
If you saw a man shooting free throws differently than everybody else — like by holding the ball below his waist, crouching down slightly and … [Read more...]
Graced Out Youth basketball tournament begins
As 30 Black men gathered at half-court on March 25, the noise level in the San Quentin Prison gym dropped. Dwight Kennedy discussed the rules for the … [Read more...]
The young lead the old in Asian championship games
In a San Quentin basketball tournament where the youth were team captains, Team Charlie beat Team Wilson, 30-23. Young men in the Youth Offender … [Read more...]
Teamwork helps 72-year-old complete six-mile race
More than two dozen members of San Quentin’s running club ran 24 laps around the prison yard in a six-mile race, while a 72-year-old runner showed how … [Read more...]
San Quentin Kings starts off season with a win
In the season opener, the San Quentin Kings senior basketball team mounted a spectacular comeback to defeat the visiting Bitterman in overtime, … [Read more...]
U.S. has 5 percent of the world’s women but 30 percent of its female inmates
Female prison populations have been increasing rapidly in past decades. Explanations, according to several studies, often overlook many of the factors … [Read more...]
Ireland takes a look at mothers in prison
In Ireland there is a clear need for incarcerated mothers to maintain children and family relationships, according to a National University of Ireland … [Read more...]
A nation’s wealth does not spare women from violence
In eight of the world’s wealthiest countries, women undergo death by violence at rates as high, or higher, than men, despite declining levels of … [Read more...]
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