What Prisoners Get Out of Working for a Prison Newspaper Are prison-written newspapers a good idea? Well, it depends. More than 20 years ago dozens of prison newspapers dotted the map all across the United States. There were so many that they formed their own news association. Then, one by one, almost all of them disappeared, including the San Quentin News, which went dark for around 20 years. They fell victim to the violence and racial turmoil of the 1980s. Wardens and superintendents across the land had their hands full simply … [Read more...] about Wall City Volume 2: Prison Journalism