After three decades of incarceration Noel Valdivia Sr. left San Quentin a free man on July 8. I met Noey on a beautiful spring day in 2002 as we were … [Read more...]
Thoughts on My Life Among the Lifers
As I walk through the iron doors, gates banging behind me, I often feel like I am entering a foreign world. For the past nine years, I have been … [Read more...]
Look Who Made It
Steve Byron was very up front and real about who he was and who he has become. After 16 years behind the walls, he walked out of the gates of Folsom … [Read more...]
Back in the Day
Selected Stories From Back Issues Of The San Quentin News AUG. 1980 – Two warning shots were fired to break up an altercation between two white … [Read more...]
Slain Activist Mourned by S.Q. Inmates
David Lewis was shot in the back and killed in the parking garage of a San Mateo shopping center in June. His death shocked and saddened a vast number … [Read more...]
Hello and Goodbye For ‘Stretch’ Rich
After a long search for sports coverage to match San Quentin’s powerful interest in the subject, the S.Q. News thought it has scored big with the … [Read more...]
Words to My Daughter
Richard Poma promised his brother that he would do every thing in his power to break the chain of crime that has fouled their family for years. He … [Read more...]
Inmate Found Dead
According to prison authorities, on July 12, 2010, custody staff found inmate Lay G-37678 unresponsive in his bed and not breathing and without pulse. … [Read more...]
Homer Goes Home
Homer McWilliams bumped around the California Department of Corrections for close to three decades. He received nine serious write-ups and survived … [Read more...]
Losno Says Goodbye
Rafael “Al” Losno Jr. came to prison during the era when phrases like “battle gyms and gladiator schools” were the norm. After spending almost three … [Read more...]