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SQN Edition 71 August.Indd SSanan QQuentinuentin NNewsews THE PULSE OF SAN QUENTIN Award Winner VOL. 2015 NO. 8 August 2015 SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA 94964 www.sanquentinnews.com POPULATION 3,634 Exploring Injustices In Mass Incarceration By Rahsaan Thomas mitted their crimes while under Sports Editor 23 years old, have a chance to be released. Speakers also advocat- More than 200 people from ed against the school-to-prison- across America met inside San to-deportation pipeline. Quentin State Prison for a (Re- The solutions were recom- storing Our Original True mended by prisoners in the Selves) ROOTS symposium ROOTS program, who also exploring the best ways to stop spoke about cultural trauma mass incarceration and immi- passed from parents to children. gration injustices. ROOTS is mainly a group of Proposed solutions included Asian and Pacifi c Islands in- allowing rehabilitated men, who are fi rst time offenders or com- See Mass on Page 10 Photo by Brian Asey S.Q. News Adviser W. Drummond,Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Editor-in-Chief Arnulfo T. Garcia, Press Secretary Katrina Rill and TV Writer Mike Larson Congresswoman Jackie Speier Given Insight Into Prison Rehab By Juan Haines bery and murder. were housed in maximum se- Managing Editor “I was taken profoundly by curity (level IV) prisons. the adjustment that so many of “There were few programs, Congresswoman Jackie Spei- the men made in their lives,” and the people had a lot of time er ventured inside San Quentin Speier said. “Most people have to serve,” Miguel Quezada, 33, State Prison to hear firsthand no idea and think that you said. “There are men who nev- about incarceration, rehabili- don’t change.” er think about rehabilitation. tation and reentry from 26 in- The forum began by the in- It’s about survival. There’s no mates whose crimes included mates talking about how their Photo by Sam Hearnes Three-Strikes, burglary, rob- lives were impacted when they See S.Q. News on Page 4 Wilson Chen tells an inspirational story about his life Lethal Weapon Star Hits the Yard S.Q. 2015 Avon Annual By J.R. Abernathy Jr. Breast Cancer Walk for A Cure Journalism Guild Writer You weren’t seeing things. That really was the actor from the “Lethal Weapon” movies crossing the yard at San Quen- tin. Veteran actor Danny Glover was the latest celebrity guest to visit the state’s oldest pris- on. On June 8, 2015, Glover walked into the Victim Of- fender Education Group (VOEG) in the middle of their class. “I was surprised about how personable he was and how I instantly felt comfortable Dr. E. Tootell, T. Foss and Chief Deputy Warden Photo by Lt. S. Robinson K. Mitchell during the 2013 Avon Breast Cancer Walk Actor Danny Glover with CO Frazier and Lt. Walls See Danny on Page 8 San Quentin State Prison’s Lower Yard was the setting for the annual Avon 39 The Walk to End 15 Men Cited for Ministry Skills Breast Cancer on the weekend of July 11 and 12. (avon39.org.) At 4th Annual Theological Graduation In the past, each day the event has drawn about 150 inmates and 50 community member who walk laps By Wesley Eisiminger has been transformed into a around the prison’s Lower Yard. Staff Writer mighty man of God herald- The fundraiser was created seven years ago by ing the Gospel of Jesus Christ It took more than two and through my actions,” said inmate organizers of San Quentin CARES and on a half years for 15 San Quen- graduate Kevin Carr Sr. average has annually brought in about $10,000, with tin Prison men in blue to fin- The Golden Gate Baptist inmates contributing about $2,000. ish a religiously based college Theological Seminary cur- Several inmate self-help groups co-sponsor the course that they say not only riculum emphasizes spiritual walk, including San Quentin TRUST, The Richmond changed their lives, but also growth. Its lessons use bib- Project, Kid CAT, Alliance For Change, Thespians, changed how their families lically based scholarship to The 1,000 Mile Club, The Work, Kairos and No see them. help students develop min- More Tears. “It’s a blessing to know that istry skills in a multicultural Due to an early deadline for this issue, our report I’m no longer considered as setting. Photo by Sam Hearnes on the Avon Walk will appear in the San Quentin the black sheep of my fam- News next month. ily but as the person who Dr. Iorg and Darryl Hill Sr. See Theological on Page 14 Page 2 SAN QUENTIN NEWS www.sanquentinnews.com August 2015 Inside Edition #71 Catholic Choir Director Exploring Injustices 1 Paroled after 28 years 6 Congresswoman Speier 1 Kid CAT Speaks! 7 Lethal Weapon Star 1 Pris. HIV/AIDS deaths 8 Departs for New Position 4th Annual Grad. 1 Rare glimpse at art 9 S.Q. 2015 Avon Walk 1 New group ROOTS 11 ‘These days we utilize more Cath. Director departs 2 Arts & Entertainment 12 Senators Introduce Bill 3 An ‘OG’s’ Perspective 13 contemporary liturgical music’ ‘New, big thinkers’ 3 Book Review 13 By A. Kevin Valvardi Overheated prisons 3 Movie Review 13 Journalism Guild Writer GPS placement 3 Visits to cut recidivism 15 Ward Allen on jobs 4 Mentally Ill policies 15 Sister Karen Conover will Remove pris. healthcare 5 Centerforce graduation 15 be winding up 15 years as di- rector of San Quentin’s Cath- Rose Madden’s Journey 5 Yard Talk 16 olic Chapel choir for a new Indiana more prisons 5 Asked On The Line 16 ministry. Editorial 6 Florida pris. deaths 16 She will be departing in Exonerated after 39 6 News Briefs 17 August for a new role of “in- Fed. record system 6 Sports 18-19 ternal community service” to the retired sisters who live Maurice Hanks 6 Juneteenth Celeb. 20 in an assisted and skilled nursing community at their mother house complex in UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY OFOF CALIFORNIA,CALIFORNIA, BERKELEYBERKELEY Dubuque, Iowa. GGraduateraduate SSchoolchool ooff JJournalismournalism Sister Karen, BVM, had been ministering to the men of San Quentin’s Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Chapel with her singing and music since September 1999, when she was first invited to visit by Franciscan Brother Rufino Zaragoza, OFM. “It was a chance meeting. Prisoners United in the Craft of Journalism I came and was hooked. In In collaboration with students from the those days we had about 200 men in orange at the servic- es,” Sister Karen says of her initial visit. She belongs to the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Vir- gin Mary. She began her pri- mary ministry teaching high school chemistry at St. Paul’s Parish in San Francisco from 1980 to 1994, where she also BEHIND THE SCENES taught choral for a brief time The San Quentin News is printed by Marin Sun Printing, and has led the Saturday af- San Rafael, with donations from supporters. ternoon parish music pro- gram since 1981. File Photo We Want To Hear In 1995 she transferred to Sister Karen Conover ends her S.Q. tenure San Holy Names High School, an From You! all-girls school in San Fran- amount of spirituality here. on numerous occasions, “On The San Quentin News Quentin cisco, where she also taught People are doing real spiri- Sundays, you come home encourages inmates, free chemistry. tual work such as working happy.” staff, custody staff, volunteers News “I enjoy making chemistry on humility, hope, etc., real “The choir has flourished and others outside the accessible to students, espe- Christian virtues, more than under her leadership,” re- institution to submit articles. Current and past copies of the San Quentin News are posted cially girls, whether practical what I experience in an out- marked Father George Wil- All submissions become or mathematical, in order to side parish. They experience liams, San Quentin’s Catho- property of the San Quentin online at: News. (www.sanquentinnews. help girls to believe it’s ac- real growth.” lic chaplain. “I’m saddened; Please use the following com) cessible,” she said. she’s a friend,” he added re- (www.fl ickr.com/photos/ She says that she likes teen- garding her departure. criteria when submitting: sanquentinnews) • Limit your articles to no agers, especially high school “I enjoy making On Aug. 2 she will be cel- more than 350 words. Permission is granted to reprint articles appearing in the San juniors, “because they’re old ebrating her “Golden Jubilee” • Know that articles will be Quentin News provided credit enough to start being their chemistry in San Francisco, commem- edited for content and length. is given to the author and this own person but not too old to orating 50 years since her • The newspaper is not a publication, except for articles accessible consecration into religious medium to fi le grievances. get ‘senioritis.’” (For that, use the prison reprinted herein from other Regarding her ministry at to students, service, with a second cel- appeals process.) We publications. San Quentin, Sister Karen ebration to take place on Aug. pointed out that she has a lot especially girls, 8 in Dubuque. encourage submitting articles Administrative Review that are newsworthy and Despite looking forward to Warden’s Offi ce ........... Lt. S. Robinson of experience choosing ap- encompass issues that will whether practical ........................................ Sgt. Chris Siino propriate music for the read- her new calling, Sister Karen have an impact on the prison ings and seasons, declaring, or mathematical” admits, “Leaving is the hard- populace. CDCR Public Information Offi cer ........ ........................ Kristina Khokhobashvili “These days we utilize more est part.” • Please do not use offensive Choir member and guitarist language in your submissions.
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