Prison University Project student and Program Clerk James King explores the future of reform. I hear it all the time. “San Quentin is unique,” “If only we could take what’s happening here and reproduce it in other prisons,” blah, blah, … [Read more...]
The Marshall Project: I Host a Popular Podcast. I’m Also in Prison.
Prison University Project student Rahsaan "New York" Thomas writes in The Marshall Project about his experience working on the award-winning Ear Hustle Podcast from inside San Quentin. The sun shines brightly through the gated windows so I grab a … [Read more...]
KQED: At BAMPFA, ‘The San Quentin Project’ Rewrites the History of Prison Imagery
Former Prison University Project instructor Nigel Poor collaborated with many of our students to put together an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Archive. It started with a box of negatives. In 2012, Bay Area photographer, … [Read more...]
San Francisco Chronicle: I did 18 years in prison for murder. Now I’m on a mission to end gun violence.
In 1996, I took a man’s life and nearly paid for it with my own. I was a different person back then — a young man who carried a gun and wasn’t afraid to use it. One evening, I came home and saw my neighbor in a heated argument with his girlfriend. … [Read more...]
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