The season opener of San Quentin Rehabilitation Centers’ All-In flag football league featured the Spartans and Don’t Hate, who matched each other … [Read more...]
Veterans display bravery in Shakespearean-style theatrical production
An individual who joins the military and serves their country through unfamiliar terrain show bravery while enduring life altering circumstances. … [Read more...]
Music and mental health a part of rehabilitation
In dealing with life’s curve balls, incarcerated musicians express their love for music and how they use it to cope with the stressors life throws at … [Read more...]
Parole Board Executive members discuss procedures
Executive team members of the Board of Parole Hearings visited San Quentin during Mental Wellness Week. The visit gave residents a chance to ask … [Read more...]
Peer Support Specialists pass state exam
After receiving his results for a rather difficult exam he had taken a month earlier, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center resident Michael Moore walked … [Read more...]
Empathy, accountability, amends part of residents’ journey to redemption
A San Quentin resident finds redemption and a second chance at freedom after serving decades behind bars for the killing of a rival gang … [Read more...]
Insight Gardening renamed, expands to Lower Yard
The Insight Garden Program has expanded its planting and growing from H-Unit to San Quentin’s main yard. During this process the program has changed … [Read more...]
Non-designated programming facilities provide safe space
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has developed non-designated programming facilities in almost all its minimum and medium … [Read more...]
20-year anniversary of ‘R’ in CDCR
This summer, I spent two-and-a-half months in recovery at a different type of rehabilitation center: California Health Care Facility, in Stockton, … [Read more...]
Resident crisis prevention team seeks to make impact
As California’s Governor invests in men’s mental health, San Quentin residents speak their truth at a crisis intervention graduation. Light … [Read more...]