New York’s disciplinary system revealed
A study revealed how the New York correctional system’s disciplinary process manipulates incarcerated people. Brian
Proposed policies for 2025
Mackinacbridge, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 — Slavery (Introduced Feb. 6, 2025)
Medical debt haunts returned citizens in many states
Prisons and jails have scarcely ever supported healthy living, and their medical care systems have
Letters to the Editor: April 2024
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear SQNews, My name is Wayne, I am a 43 year
SQ resident maintains family relations through art
Artist Daryl Harmon draws his wife, oldest daughter, grandson and granddaughter. For some incarcerated artists,
El alguacil de Riverside para Gobernador de California
Official portrait of 14th Sheriff-Coroner of Riverside County, California Chad Bianco. (Riverside County Sheriff's Department,
Residents pay tribute to lives lost in San Quentin in 2024
Veterans Healing Veterans group pays tribute to San Quentin residents who passed in 2024. (Photo
Youth donate essential items
Victims of Southern California wildfires motivate youth offenders to make amends Darius Poole raised his
Lack of sleep among inmates continues to be problem
San Quentin’s South Block housing unit, where two-person cells are just 4ft 10in wide and
Spending stats give American West a bad name
Graphs by C.K. Gerhartsreiter If California ended up sold to the Kingdom of Denmark as
Academy Award nominated directors facilitate workshop on film reels
(Photo by Marcus Casillas / SQNews) Script writer Todd Winkler with Greg Kwedar and Clint
Orden Ejecutiva remueve fondos para traducciones en diferentes idiomas
Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary @ twitter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons El pasado
Prison Policy Initiative highlights eight ways to shorten sentences
In the half century since the beginning of mass incarceration, population numbers of lifers alone
Community-based organization programs excel
Peer-led groups are driving force for rehabilitative success Luis Guitierrez dando su testimonio. (Marcus Casillas,
Recolección de estadísticas inconstantes diferentes estados de la nación Americana
La información que se reporta de las bajas de reincidir [recaídas] en las prisiones, varía
Residents step up to facilitate successful reentry
A year and a half ago, San Quentin residents were told that a rehabilitation and
Obstruction on Lower Yard causes concern
Months-long construction creates large hole in baseball field. (Photo by Marcus Casillas, SQNews) Resident Travis
Prison politics and ethics problem
Still-upheld "Convict Code" belief system facilitates segregation Hillside view of Lower Yard and segregated areas.
Second chance opportunities for incarcerated
Many residents in San Quentin said the perceptions of people with criminal records is askew
Long program waitlists concern residents
Hundreds of incarcerated San Quentans lined up on the Lower Yard to receive goodie bags