Life Story

by Si Dang My name is Si V. Dang, an inmate who is currently housed at San Quentin State Prison. I am a former gang member, who took the wrong course of action in joining a gang and decided to live a life a of crime. My poor decisions consequently led me to commit a senseless murder and attempted murder on two innocent human beings. As a result of my actions and poor choices I am currently serving a life sentence in prison, as I am under the authority of California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.  I write you this

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The Pandemic At San Quentin And What I See Every Six-Feet

by Timothy Young Since March 27th, 2020, the people at San Quentin State Prison’s West Block Housing Unit were notified by Memorandums generated from the Warden’s Office, the Medical Department and by Institutional Television channel, that a staff member here tested positive for a contagious and deadly disease known as the Coronavirus or COVID-19 and this disease has broken out into a global pandemic. Considering how I arrived at San Quentin, some history, the quarantines that I have experienced and what I see every six-feet. In late November 2011, I was transferred to San Quentin’s North Block Housing Unit from

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Dear Dad

by AF Well, I know this isn’t to my dad, so I want to talk about him. I was named after him, and he was named after his dad, which makes me the third and him the junior. My dad showed me a pic when I was born. I was surrounded by hundred dollar bills and I never asked him where he got all that money.  But as I grew up, I connected the pieces. My dad was in the streets, and I’m not talking about homeless. It’s exactly as it sounds. The streets. Man, when I was younger, I

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Hope Is The Answer

by TL “Let’s not excuse violence, or rationalize it, or participate in it. If we want our criminal justice system, and American society at large, to operate on a higher ethical code, then we have to model that code ourselves.” – Barack Obama I agree with Obama’s quote. Participating in violence will only make a situation worse. All the protests that have been going on violently doesn’t make anything better. Not for the community, not for us, especially not for the children.  If we want everyone to cooperate, police and civilians, black people, white people, white children, black children. This

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