San Quentin

The demands of the #stopsanquentinoutbreak coalition

September 30, 2020 by San Quentin Outbreak Coalition

This article was written back in August and reflects conditions then.After months of urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to take action to curb the spread of … [Read more...]

When sports turn an eye toward prison

February 13, 2020 by Joe Garcia

Scott Budnick, Vivek Ranadive and Trevor Ariza inside Folsom housing block The Sacramento Kings showed love to Folsom State prisoners during a … [Read more...]

SF Police personnel visit SQ for second “Blue on Blue” conversation

January 1, 2020 by Juan Haines

Small group discussion between the incarcerated and SF police personnel Two dozen San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) personnel made their … [Read more...]

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs checks out San Quentin Enneagram program

July 15, 2019 by Juan Haines

Enneagram class on lower yard with Micheal Tubbs & wife Anna Tubbs Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs and his wife, Anna, came to San Quentin to join a … [Read more...]

SQ artists raise money for the fight against cancer

August 19, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Artists incarcerated at San Quentin used their talent to raise money for cancer research at Cords Gallery during a First Friday art walk in … [Read more...]

PUP grads take center stage

August 14, 2018 by Kevin Sawyer

“Pomp and Circumstance” played and everyone stood to applaud the Prison University Project’s (PUP) class of 2018 as they took center stage in San … [Read more...]

Exclusive screening ‘From Incarceration to Education’

August 8, 2018 by Joe Garcia

University of California at Berkeley filmmakers visited San Quentin for an exclusive screening of “From Incarceration to Education,” an original … [Read more...]

CBS’ Ted Koppel visits Ear Hustle

July 1, 2018 by Juan Haines

As part of a 1961 class project, a Stanford student named Ted Koppel, age 21, went inside San Quentin to study the U.S. criminal justice system. And … [Read more...]

Judy Appel talks justice

June 11, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Berkeley Unified School District board member Judy Appel sat down with San Quentin News to brainstorm on solutions to criminal justice issues that she … [Read more...]

Tennis helps SQ lifer cope with missing his daughter

June 11, 2018 by lloyd payne

Tennis is a complex rehabilitative sport. You have to return the ball that is served. But, there are hundreds of ways to hit the ball, and there are a … [Read more...]