Take it from a woman who lived in a redwood tree for two years and eight days to make sense out of this statement: “Take your worst attributes, turn … [Read more...]

Forty-one years ago, a young reporter’s story about the living conditions at San Quentin caused its warden to defend his treatment of prisoners. Joan … [Read more...]

As a 19-year-old boy with a troubled background, DeSean Jackson came on a San Quentin tour and was shaken to his roots. Now he’s a famous 24-year-old … [Read more...]

A 20-year tour through California’s Prison Industrial Complex finally ended for one of the honorable freedom fighters in San Quentin. The modest and … [Read more...]

Iconic figure of the Black Power movement of the late 1960s, Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, died suddenly in early June at the age of 63. Pratt was also an … [Read more...]

A man who spent more than three decades behind bars as a political prisoner in China gave San Quentin’s prisoners an eye-opening account of how … [Read more...]