COVID-19

MOURNING OUR LOSSES Hosts Rememberances

August 31, 2021 by Juan Haines

Since May 2020, educators, artists, and organizers – many returning citizens – say they are willing to write, edit and translate humanizing memorials … [Read more...]

Correspondence Programming Continues During COVID-19 Lockdowns

August 31, 2021 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

Lockdown pressures during the 14-month state of emergency at San Quentin State Prison did not mean all prisoners missed out on … [Read more...]

The benefits of sports after Covid

July 31, 2021 by steve brooks

After a year of suffering through the deadliest outbreak of the disease in history, the sun is finally shining for SQ sports. The exercise yard is … [Read more...]

CDCR vaccinates three-quarters of prison population

July 31, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) leads the nation in vaccinating its prison population, according to a study done by … [Read more...]

SQ’s Newest Quarantine: Gastroenteritis

July 31, 2021 by Timothy Hicks

San Quentin has been hit with another virus. Residents seem to not be able to catch a break from suffering through the effects and consequences caused … [Read more...]

Marin Court Hearing Takes Center Stage

July 30, 2021 by Joe Garcia

For the first time ever, public court hearings were live-streamed via Zoom inside San Quentin. Prisoners convened daily in the chapel to watch … [Read more...]

#StopSanQuentinOutbreak Coalition Provides Tools to Stop Transfers

June 29, 2021 by Administrators

The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights publicized the following tools to challenge transfers and immigration actions. The #StopSanQuentinOutbreak … [Read more...]

SQ Holds Q&A on Vaccine Hesitancy

June 28, 2021 by Juan Haines

With almost 500 prisoners and over 1,000 prison staffers refusing a COVID-19 vaccine, on May 1, San Quentin’s Media Department held a Q&A … [Read more...]

CDCR’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT SQ A HEALTH DISASTER SAYS INSPECTOR GENERAL

June 28, 2021 by Joe Garcia

California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) confirmed what SQ’s COVID-impacted community has known since June — that administrative mistakes … [Read more...]