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Dear KidCAT

January 2, 2020 by San Quentin News Contributor

Dear KidCAT, My name is Davion Keel, and I’m currently serving 25 years-to-life. I was 15 at the time of my crime. I’m 29 years old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: KID CAT Tagged With: kid cat

In the KidCat Softball game, everyone is a winner

August 14, 2019 by Administrators

Visitors and inmates making the circle of peace at the Lower Yard

Two teams of young offenders launched their Kid CAT softball festival with smiles and laughter and a 17-4 score. “The same skills used in softball are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: kid cat, Softball game, SQ sports

Getting a rare second chance in prison: How one youthful offender reclaimed his life with the help of others

August 14, 2019 by Joe Garcia

Ryan Dietz arrived at San Quentin in 2016 ready to succumb to all the usual pitfalls that await youth of- fenders—substance abuse, cellphone activity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, KID CAT, Recently Posted Tagged With: Joe Garcia, kid cat

A walk on the yard sends youth to camp

August 12, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

Cesar of Project Avary peroforming

“We march in solidarity, we all are behind bars,” were the lyrics of a rap song that blared through a massive speaker on San Quentin’s Lower Yard. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Health and Wellness, Inmate, KID CAT Tagged With: kid cat, marcus henderson, Project Avary

The Beat Within celebrates 21 years of giving youth a voice

June 26, 2019 by Lisa Strawn

For the past five years, Dave Inocencio has been coming to San Quentin to lead a writing workshop for The Beat Within publication that he started … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, KID CAT, Prison Programs Tagged With: kid cat, Lisa Strawn, The Beat Within

Dear Kid CAT, Vicki and Steve – Project Avary

October 18, 2018 by San Quentin News

Thank you for including us on the Project Avary walk in September. It was an truly an amazing day, far more powerful and thought-provoking than me and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Letters, Youth Offender Tagged With: kid cat, Project Avary

Youth offender who realizes opportunity a little too late

June 11, 2018 by John Lam

Andrew Joseph Biovin with NFL player Brendon Ayanbadejo

Many youth offenders who find themselves incarcerated at San Quentin fail to recognize the opportunities available to them and end up transferred to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: “BE-IT”, AB1276, Benefiting Each Individual Together, Biovin, California’s Men’s Colony, kid cat, Level 4 prison, Miguel Sifuentes, Receive and Release, YOP

Dear Kid CAT by Saul Martinez

June 11, 2018 by CDCR

My name is Saul Martinez and I have been incarcerated for the past 20 years and on Jan. 9, 2018, I was found suitable for parole during my first board … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: Centinela State Prison, deported to Mexico, Gang Awareness and Recovery group, kid cat, Prep Turning Point, Saul Martinez

Life of crime overturned by positive choices

May 26, 2018 by John Lam

Younger brother Tony Douangmalalay, niece Caylen, Mother Pat, nephew C.J. and younger brother Caven

A variety of rehabilitative programs, including dance, helped Anouthinh Pangthong turn his life around despite a rocky youth and 21 years in prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Youth Offender Tagged With: Anouthinh Panthong, crack dealers, First Step curriculum, kid cat, refugee camp in Thailand, Restoring Our Original True Selves, ROOTS, San Quentin Utilizing Inmate Resources Experiences and Studies, Solitary confinement, SQUIRES, Tony Douangmalalay

Alex Mallick fights for justice

January 18, 2018 by Richard Richardson

Alex Mallick in the Protestant Chapel at San Quentin

As long as she can remember, Alex Mallick has considered herself a defender and protector, “a guardian of people.”  “I dedicated my life to helping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: Alex Mallick, Anouthinh Pangthong, Charlie Spence, Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll, First Watch, kid cat, Restore Justice

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