San Quentin

WATCH: Merle Haggard On Why He's Still Touring At 75

Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Merle Haggard, The Today Show, Video, Merle Haggard Cancer, San Quentin, Ben Haggard, Johnny Cash, Fifty News

"That's what I'm for, that's what I do," Merle Haggard, "poet of the common man," said about the music that has catapulted him to stardom. "The H...

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What Are Some Aspects of Incarceration That Could Not Possibly Be Guessed by Someone Who Hasn't Experienced It?

Quora | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Law, San Quentin Prison, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Prisoners, Punishment, Quora, San Quentin, Crime News

This question originally appeared on Quora. Eric "Phil" Phillips, San Quentin inmate. One aspect is the amazing amount of talent in prison. There ...

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What Is a Typical Inmate Day Like in San Quentin? What's the Schedule?

Quora | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Prison Reform, Prison System, Prison, California Prisons, Prisoners, Quora, Prisons, Prison Inmates, San Quentin Prison, San Quentin State Prison, Inmates, San Quentin, California Inmates, Crime News

Although San Quentin State Prison is known for its notorious past, currently it happens to be the most stable and consistent of all the prisons. Here is a typical day for me.

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Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Aclu, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Amnesty International, Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, Daniel Ellsberg, Solitary Confinement, Sarah Shourd, Human Rights, Atul Gawande, New Yorker, Center for Constitutional Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch, Occupy Wall Street, Quantico Marine Base, San Quentin, Torture, Bradley Manning, Crime News

One of the major complaints of prisoner human rights activists is the abuse of solitary confinement in prisons across the U.S.

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Prison Grass

Joshua Braff | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Baseball for Prisoners, San Quentin Prison, San Quentin Giants, Berkeley Baron, San Quentin, Culture News

The man being interviewed on TV was a killer, but I knew him because of baseball. In '07 I'd just become the new centerfielder for the Berkeley Barons, an amateur team of ex-college level players. The San Quentin game against the prisoners was optional, so of course I went.

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Top 10 Most Notorious Prisons In The U.S.

newsone.com | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: United States Penitentiary Marion, Sing Sing, Attica, Folsom Prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary, San Quentin, Leavenworth, Rikers Island, Crime News

For many Americans, Sing Sing, Leavenworth and San Quentin are well-known code words for crime. Newsone has compiled a list of 10 notorious U.S. co...

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We Are All Troy Davis

Ariel Gore | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Death Penalty, San Quentin, Redroom, Troy Davis, Politics News

When I was a kid, my mom worked as an art teacher on death row at California's San Quentin. We held vigil when her students were put to death.

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Did Ex-Cons Bake Your Birthday Cake?

Anneli Rufus | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Farmers' Market, Cookies, Unemployed, Berkeley, Emeryville, Bakery, Tasty Awards, Baking, Felon, Homeless, San Francisco, Bread Project, Job Training, Cake, San Quentin, Job Placement, San Francisco News

Attending a launch party for the third annual Tasty Awards in San Francisco last Sunday, I sampled napoleons, clafoutis, and cinnamon crispies that might very well have been baked by felons. But that's a good thing.

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Voices From the Inside: Prison News Is Back

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Navajo Nation, Publishing, California, Maximum Security Prison, San Quentin Prison, Prison, San Quentin, Johnny Cash, Newspaper, San Quentin News, San Francisco, Entertainment News

Prisoners make of life behind bars what they can. While for many of them the outside is no longer theirs to experience, there are ways for them to connect to it -- ways like the San Quentin News.

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Tennis Is Serious In San Quentin Prison

latimes.com | Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Sports, San Quentin Prison, Prison, San Quentin, Tennis, Prison Inmates, Sports Crime, Los Angeles News

About 20 inmates--lifers and 'three strikers'--play for the Inside Tennis Team, created by recreation director Don DeNevi, 72. Competition comes from ...

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Scribd Editor's Pick: Mother's Little Angels (Excerpt)

Tammy H. Nam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scribd, Authors, Social Media, Writing, Richard Humphries, Autobiography, Self-Publishing, Pancreatic Cancer, Editor's Pick, Art Dealer, San Quentin, Books News

An art dealer and father of four, Richard HUmphries also happens to be a former inmate of San Quentin. What makes his story even more compelling is that he has late-stage pancreatic cancer.

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Does the Thread Count? Yes, and So Does Honesty

Mike Hegedus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baseball, Honesty, Thread Count, The Golden Rule, Bernard Madoff, Morality, Sheets, San Quentin, Integrity, Ethics, Business Ethics, Business News

Is there such a thing as "situational ethics" and morality, or are we simply kidding ourselves every day?

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San Quentin Prison Sale? Inmates Say They Want To Stay

AP | EVELYN NIEVES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San State Prison, San Quentin Prisoners, Crime, San Quentin, San Quentin Prison Sale, San Quentin Prison, Home News

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — It's some of the most prized waterfront land in the country, a large piece of rich and beautiful property sitting right on...

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