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Friendships Through Fences

May 11, 2023 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

A lifer reflects on the past, and the second family of his choosing As I walked across the stage to receive my graduation certificate from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WALL CITY Tagged With: Human Interest, Prison Stories

No Matter How Far

May 9, 2023 by Edwin Chavez

With two sons serving lifesentences, one mothercrisscrosses California forovernight family visits Elizabeth Hurren has always put her children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WALL CITY Tagged With: Prison Stories

CHECKMATE 

May 2, 2023 by Timothy Hicks

Ian Hamilton crowned chess king,dethrones Demetrius Mitchel Ian Hamilton dethroned last year’s chess king, Demetrius Mitchell, and became the new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, SPORTS Tagged With: Mental Stimulation, Prison Stories

JEFF CRAEMER: CURATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

April 28, 2023 by Edwin Chavez

Founder of the San Quentin Museum began building photo, artifact collection in 1984 Jeff Craemer is curator of San Quentin prison’s museum, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PROFILE, Recently Posted Tagged With: Human Interest, Prison Stories

Women’s rehabilitation given consideration with early farm concept 

March 21, 2023 by CDCR

By Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR Editor  1920s farm was early gender‑responsive rehabilitation The 40-room 1880s-era building at the California … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Stories

CEMETERY TALES

March 21, 2023 by CDCR

A twist of fate for two women  By California Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation ■ Mary Hill avoids being first woman buried in San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Stories

26.2 TO LIFE: Powerful film debuts at SQ chapel

March 20, 2023 by Joshua Strange

San Quentin recently hosted a premiere of a documentary film starring its running club that shows how the program transformed the lives of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Prison Media, Prison Stories, Profiles

Kid CAT hygiene drive returns to SQ

March 20, 2023 by Charles Crow

Incarcerated give to homelessyouth of Huckleberry House  Members of San Quentin’s Kid CAT program looked like a troop of Santa Clauses as they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Health and Wellness, Prison Stories, Rehabilitation Corner, Youth Offender

SE REANUDAN LAS COMPETENCIAS FUTBOLÍSTICAS EN SAN QUENTIN

January 19, 2023 by Carlos Drouaillet

Ya que lo peor de la pandemia queda en el pasado y las cuarentenas se van disipando, se reinicia el Programa de Fútbol en San Quentin State Prison en … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Stories, Spanish

California prisons’ role in aviation history

January 19, 2023 by San Quentin News Contributor

Planes, dirigibles, mechanics are all part of CDCR history By Don ChaddockEditor, Inside CDCR NewsletterReprinted by permission CDCR … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Stories

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