It took Nikki Meredith more than two decades of prison visits, trips into the California desert, and prolonged research to knit her memories, … [Read more...]
New employment policies to help hire formerly incarcerated
Music superstar John Legend is using his celebrity status to gather national support for Unlocked Futures, a new foundation aimed at helping formerly … [Read more...]
San Quentin News Launches Wall City Magazine
San Quentin, California – May 21, 2018 – The premiere issue of Wall City, a magazine that reflects the curiosity, intellect, dedication and … [Read more...]
Coming back to prison to help bridge the digital divide
Behind San Quentin’s walls, there is a pair of programs dedicated to closing the digital divide, Code.7370 and TLMWORKS. Tulio K. Cardozo, a former … [Read more...]
UC Davis combats prison stigmas with Beyond the Stats
To combat the stigmas facing formerly incarcerated people at the University of California Davis, two students established the Beyond the Stats program … [Read more...]
SQ parolee serves up more than just coffee in Antioch
Coffee entrepreneur John Krause can relate to the slim employment prospects most ex-cons face upon parole. As a former San Quentin inmate himself, … [Read more...]
Solitary Watch offers inmates photographs beyond a gray wall
The day he learned his solitary confinement would be extended, 17-year-old Benjamin Van Zandt killed himself in a New York prison. To bring awareness … [Read more...]
San Quentin News’ Senior Editor honored
For giving a voice to the voiceless, Juan Haines, the San Quentin News senior editor, was honored with The Silver Heart Award by the Northern … [Read more...]
Remembering Arnulfo T. Garcia
When I first met Arnulfo Timoteo Garcia in 2009, he was hired to work for our print shop instructor John Wilkerson as a clerk. However, upon … [Read more...]
SQN launches new website, sanquentinnews.com
The Last Mile inmate coding program, Code.7370, has designed a new website for San Quentin News at www.sanquentinnews.com. Inmate Harry Hemphill built … [Read more...]