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Longtime SQ News editor-in-chief paroles after decades in prison

January 21, 2025 by Edwin Chavez

Award winning journalist and former editor-in-chief Marcus Henderson paroles after nearly three decades of incarceration. As San Quentin News … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read, PAROLE & HEARINGS, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: editor in chief, marcus henderson, parole, San Quentin News

Quint Clark’s comic styling brings the funnies to SQNews

January 14, 2022 by Edwin Chavez

SQNews continues to discover talented incarcerated men who express themselves through the gift of art.  Quinterrious Clark, 48, a San Quentin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted, SAN QUEN-TOONS Tagged With: cartoon, San Quentin News

SQNews Throwbacks: January 30, 1981

January 14, 2022 by San Quentin News

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Filed Under: San Quentin News, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: San Quentin News, Throwbacks

RETURNING TO FREEDOM: Heriberto ‘Eddie’ Arredondo, Jr. released after 29 years’ incarceration

October 30, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Heriberto Arredondo, Jr., 46, a San Quentin News staff member, was released on parole in August. He was 16 years old when he was sent to prison. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PROFILE, RE-ENTRY Tagged With: profile, Profiles, Reentry, San Quentin News

Virtual gala raises over $70,000 for SQNews operations

October 30, 2021 by Charles Crow

A virtual fundraising event in August raised over $70,000 to help finance the printing and distribution of the San Quentin News.  An online flyer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: San Quentin News Tagged With: Prison Media, San Quentin News, Wall City Magazine

Steve Brooks wins prestigious SPJ Award SQNews Staff Writer recognized for ‘Excellence in Commentary’

October 29, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

San Quentin News journalist Steve Brooks has earned the 2020 “Excellence in Commentary Award” from the Northern California Society of Professional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: San Quentin News Tagged With: Prison Media, Profiles, San Quentin News

MOURNING OUR LOSSES Hosts Rememberances

August 31, 2021 by Juan Haines

Chart of the top seven causes of death in 2016, where 334 inmate died in CA. 325 men and nine women

Since May 2020, educators, artists, and organizers – many returning citizens – say they are willing to write, edit and translate humanizing memorials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Deaths, Health and Wellness, Opinion, Prison Stories, San Quentin News

Six SQN members make it home

May 30, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

San Quentin News lost six key staff members to parole during the year-long corona-virus pandemic that placed the prison on virtual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial, RE-ENTRY, San Quentin News Tagged With: Reentry, San Quentin News, sq news

Michael Harris is free after 30 years

May 30, 2021 by San Quentin News

Michael Harris, co-founder of Death Row Records and former San Quentin News editor-in-chief, has finally been freed. Harris was granted a pardon by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read, Staff Profile Tagged With: Michael Harris, Prison Media, Reentry, San Quentin News

The astonishing growth of San Quentin News

September 30, 2020 by Steve McNamara

This is a difficult time for the San Quentin News. But it’s not difficult for the reasons that plague nearly every other newspaper in the country. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: San Quentin News

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