Profiles – Page 23

Pastor Finds New Spiritual Calling

January 1, 2015 by Girard Rooks

Why me? Why this? Who hasn’t asked this at times? Two men serving time in San Quentin asked me to talk about how and why I send sermons to California … [Read more...]

1936 San Quentin ‘Murder of Wife’ Trial Revisited

January 1, 2015 by Steve Lech

On Aug. 13, 1936, sheriff’s deputies were called to the home of fellow officer John McNeill in Temecula. McNeill, a Temecula blacksmith and deputy … [Read more...]

Exonerated After Nearly 20 Years

January 1, 2015 by James R. Abernathy Jr.

Police records showed that Taylor was in custody at the time of the crime Daniel Taylor received a life sentence in 1995 after being charged with … [Read more...]

Nurse Raney Dixon’s Retirement

December 31, 2014 by San Quentin News Contributor

Nurse Raney Dixon retired at the end of December after more than 10 years at San Quentin. Members of the medical staff and co-workers of Dixon had … [Read more...]

Native Hawaiian Spiritual Group Celebrates Makahiki

December 31, 2014 by Rahsaan Thomas

“ALOOOOOOHA!” Damon Cooke greeted the guests and set the tone at the second annual Makahiki ceremony, on behalf of the Native Hawaiian Spiritual Group … [Read more...]

From Nearly Dead … to Alive and Near Release

December 31, 2014 by JulianGlenn Padgett

After 34 years in prison, Dennis Wayne Pratt is scheduled to walk out of San Quentin on Feb. 1 – a former drug addict who has turned his life in a … [Read more...]

Identifying With Two Different Lives

November 30, 2014 by San Quentin News Staff

Critics reviled Director McG’s 3 Days to Kill, but the movie struck a place of resonance with SQ Reviews. In 3 Days to Kill, Kevin Costner plays a CIA … [Read more...]

Raphaele Casale’s ‘Dynamic’ Presence Praised by Inmates in Program

October 29, 2014 by Ted Swain

One of the San Quentin program leaders is Raphaele Casale, who began her career with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in … [Read more...]

Romania ‘Mana’ Jaundoo Expresses The Importance Of Working Inside S. Q.

October 29, 2014 by Ted Swain

Almost as soon as Romania “Mana” Jaundoo came to work at San Quentin, she was asked to become a sponsor for a youth-diversion workshop. She said she … [Read more...]

Mexican Independence Day Celebrated on September 16

September 27, 2014 by Tare Beltranchuc

Mexicans celebrate Sept. 16 as Independence Day, the date when the native people threw out the Spanish oppression they had endured for 300 years. The … [Read more...]