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Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’
4 weeks ago

Newsom pardons 19 people, including co-founder of San Quentin podcast ‘Ear Hustle’

LA Times  

In this Dec. 19, 2018, photo, Earlonne Woods gestures while speaking during an interview in Oakland, Calif. Gavin Newsom granted pardons for 19 people, including award-winning San Quentin podcaster Earlonne Woods. “Ear Hustle,” the popular and critically-acclaimed podcast that Woods co-founded from inside San Quentin State Prison in 2017, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. The grantees …

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California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab
1 year, 9 months ago

California will remake San Quentin prison, emphasizing rehab

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The infamous state prison on San Francisco Bay that has been home to the largest death row population in the United States will be transformed into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation, California officials announced Thursday. The inmates serving death sentences at San Quentin State Prison will be moved elsewhere in the …

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San Quentin inmates find community through tennis
2 years, 3 months ago

San Quentin inmates find community through tennis

Associated Press  

INSIDE SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, Calif. — Stefan Schneider needed a nickname, or a handle as they call it in prison. “It gives us a piece of community to get out of the mode of prison drudgery,” said Earl Wilson, San Quentin’s tennis team captain who has been incarcerated since 1985 — about 37 of his 60 years. When he’s …

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California inmates study at 1st college based behind bars
2 years, 8 months ago

California inmates study at 1st college based behind bars

Associated Press  

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity and nationalism. They are students at Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin State Prison, the first accredited junior college in the country …

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