Estudiantes enseńando a maestros en CRSQ
Este año, Mount Tamalpais College patrocino el primer foro informativo para quince nuevos maestros voluntarios en el Centro de Rehabilitación de San Quentin. El proyecto, llamado “Estudiantes Instruyendo a los Instructores”, fue creado por los residentes y estudiantes Carl Raybon y Miguel … [Read More...]
Education at SQ offers various levels and opportunities for degrees
Education at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center allows residents to follow their dreams while reforming their lives. The facility offers five different college programs, which the population can attend to further their education. The prison has a self-accredited on-site College program, … [Read More...]
SQ’s MTC students give professors feedback
Mount Tamalpais College held their first “Students Teaching Teachers” event this May, providing both new and returning teachers an opportunity to learn from San Quentin residents. The forum encouraged MTC teachers to engage in open dialogue with students, and ask questions to better … [Read More...]
Education over incarceration demonstrates success in youth diversion, report finds
Youth diversion away from the criminal justice system for those accused of delinquent behavior is increasing nationwide, according to the Sentencing Project. A March 2024 report by Senior Research Fellow, Youth Justice, Richard A. Mendel, and a Diversion Working Group of experts documented … [Read More...]
Death Row author overcame dyslexia, published ten books
Living on California’s Condemn Row also known as Death Row and being lockedup 24 to 20 hours a day in a tiny cell, condemn resident Albert “Ru-Al” Jones overcame three different types of dyslexia to self-publish 10 books in one of San Quentin’s darkest places. Jones, 59, said he has been locked … [Read More...]
‘Helping others is giving, and giving is receiving’
Free-To-Succeed 'meet-and-greet' recognizes academic students In December, the Free-To-Succeed program gathered every student and its staff, in San Quentin’s Chapel A, for a “meet-and-greet”, to celebrate the accomplishments and the massive effort of every contributor during the past … [Read More...]
Mount Tamalpais College builds trust with prison through town hall meeting
By Michael Callahan, Staff Writer and Bostyon Johnson, Managing Editor In November, San Quentin’s Mount Tamalpais College held two town hall-style meetings to strengthen their communication with correctional staff and incarcerated students. Never before at San Quentin had college students, … [Read More...]
What’s the deal with Pell in prisons? Answers to frequently asked questions
Pell Grants are coming back to prison in July, after Congress removed that ban that has prevented incarcerated students from using federal financial aid since 1994. How the process works will vary by state, by facility, and by individual. While people in prison regained Pell eligibility on July 1, … [Read More...]
Massachusetts corrections ramps up Pell Grant programs for the incarcerated
Massachusetts has always taken seriously the idea of education. The Bay State has both the nation’s oldest public school — Boston Latin School — and the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning – Harvard College. Massachusetts recently made great strides in education for incarcerated persons, … [Read More...]
Formerly incarcerated face continued ‘economic exclusion’ despite soaring job market
In the free world, anyone looking for a job these days should have an easy time finding one. The U.S. economy seems in decent shape and economic statistics look positive for a post-Covid recovery. Measurements of employment look especially favorable for job seekers; unemployment has hit recent lows … [Read More...]
Get On The Bus une a padres con sus seres amados
Después de estos últimos años que hemos estado bajo la amenaza del COVID, por fin se llevó a cabo la reunión de las familias con sus seres queridos que estan en la prisión. Todo ha sido posible, gracias a la organización sin fines de lucro, que lleva por nombre “GET ON THE BUS” (GOTB o “Sube Al … [Read More...]
Se gradúa la primera clase del programa Mediación Transformativa
El nuevo programa de SQ, Mediación Transformativa, celebró su primera graduación desde su inicio. Este currículo es basado en tratar de ayudar la comunidad en los momentos de conflictos o mal entendimientos entre reos o compañeros de celdas, y equipos en el trabajo. Según el folleto del … [Read More...]
CON LA EDUCACIÓN SE ABREN LAS PUERTAS DE LA PRISIÓN
Spanish Journalism Guild La persona que abre las puertas a la educación, cierra las puertas de la prisión. El departamento de educación de la prisión de San Quentin celebró la graduación de 351 alumnos que comenzaron su enseñanza desde antes de la pandemia en el 2019. Varios de ellos … [Read More...]
MT. TAM ‘FREEDOM WALL’ HONORS ALUMNI
San Quentin’s community college has unveiled a “Freedom Wall,” represented by 42 pictures of formerly incarcerated alumni. It adorns a wall entering an education building with the goal of inspiring and encouraging residents to further their education and find success on the outside. Nearly 100 … [Read More...]
BINARY DATA: THE MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTER WORLD
Have you ever wondered how computers and smartphones are able to store so much information? The digital information we see as text and images, as well as the music and digitized speech we hear, is actually made up of billions of 1s and 0s known as the binary number system. Every piece of … [Read More...]
STUDY: EDUCATION IN PRISON PAYS DIVIDENDS
Educational programs offered to incarcerated people can reduce recidivism and enhance their chances of success after release, according to the Boston Globe’s editorial board. “Providing education to people in prison is one of the best things the state can do to steer them toward a better future. … [Read More...]
JOURNALISM LOWERS RECIDIVISM
Sitting at my desk in front of my computer, fingers on my keyboard, I am approached by a staff member who asks, “Why do you do what you do?” I look up and notice it’s my fellow journalist, Juan Haines. He is standing next me, playing Candy Crush on his GTL tablet, smiling and waiting for me to … [Read More...]
ACADEMIC AND TRADE PROGRAMS RESUME CELEBRATION AFTER LONG PAUSE
The Robert E. Burton Adult School commencement was held on Friday, July 28 at San Quentin State Prison. The graduation was the first student recognition the school has held since the pandemic forced the elimination of all graduation ceremonies beginning in 2020. The school’s administration, … [Read More...]
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FIND FEW ACCOMODATIONS
The article was co-publishedwith the Prison JournalismProject “You find the measure of slope by dividing the change in the two Y points, by the change in the two X points.” I said as I helped a student study for his math exam. He shook his head. “I’m not going to get this,” he said, … [Read More...]
PRISON CODING PROGRAM CONTINUES NATIONAL EXPANSION AND CHANGING LIVES
A program called The Last Mile is training incarcerated people to write computer code and helping them to find excellent jobs when released. The California-based program started at San Quentin State Prison in 2010 and has expanded to six other states. The program teaches computer coding to … [Read More...]