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Lessons from San Quentin

Author : Bill Dallas
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414330219
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Lessons from San Quentin written by Bill Dallas and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Bill Dallas didn’t have it all, he had most of it. A diploma from a prestigious university, a lucrative career as a top California real estate entrepreneur, and more than enough money to fund a life filled with sports cars, penthouses, and beautiful women. And then it all fell apart. Convicted of grand theft embezzlement, the former golden boy found himself in one of the nation’s most infamous institutions—San Quentin, home of “the worst of the worst.” He thought it was the end of everything. But the real story was about to begin. Lessons from San Quentin chronicles Bill’s journey from narcissistic playboy . . . to suicidal inmate . . . to spiritual apprentice. Along the way, it introduces us to his unlikely mentors—San Quentin’s “Lifers,” who guided Bill to an unexpected relationship with God. Through a vivid and transparent recounting of stories from his prison experience, Bill shares 12 life principles he had to learn the hard way—and that can help you triumph over even the most difficult circumstances.

Prison Truth

Author : William J. Drummond
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520298365
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Prison Truth written by William J. Drummond and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest prison and the nation’s largest, is notorious for once holding America’s most dangerous prisoners. But in 2008, the Bastille-by-the-Bay became a beacon for rehabilitation through the prisoner-run newspaper the San Quentin News. Prison Truth tells the story of how prisoners, many serving life terms, transformed the prison climate from what Johnny Cash called a living hell to an environment that fostered positive change in inmates’ lives. Award-winning journalist William J. Drummond takes us behind bars, introducing us to Arnulfo García, the visionary prisoner who led the revival of the newspaper. Drummond describes how the San Quentin News, after a twenty-year shutdown, was recalled to life under an enlightened warden and the small group of local retired newspaper veterans serving as advisers, which Drummond joined in 2012. Sharing how officials cautiously and often unwittingly allowed the newspaper to tell the stories of the incarcerated, Prison Truth illustrates the power of prison media to humanize the experiences of people inside penitentiary walls and to forge alliances with social justice networks seeking reform.

This Is Ear Hustle

Author : Nigel Poor
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0593238869
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book This Is Ear Hustle written by Nigel Poor and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “profound, sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking” (The New York Times) view of prison life, as told by currently and formerly incarcerated people, from the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle “A must-read for fans of the legendary podcast and all those who seek to understand crime, punishment, and mass incarceration in America.”—Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black When Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California’s San Quentin State Prison. Initially drawn to each other by their shared interest in storytelling, neither had podcast production experience when they decided to enter Radiotopia’s contest for new shows . . . and won. Using the prize for seed money, Nigel and Earlonne launched Ear Hustle, named after the prison term for “eavesdropping.” It was the first podcast created and produced entirely within prison and would go on to be heard millions of times worldwide, garner Peabody and Pulitzer award nominations, and help earn Earlonne his freedom when his sentence was commuted in 2018. In This Is Ear Hustle, Nigel and Earlonne share their own stories of how they came to San Quentin, how they created their phenomenally popular podcast amid extreme limitations, and what has kept them collaborating season after season. They present new stories, all with the same insight, balance, and rapport that distinguish the podcast. In an era when more than two million people are incarcerated across the United States—a number that grows by 600,000 annually—Nigel and Earlonne explore the full and often surprising realities of prison life. With characteristic candor and humor, their moving portrayals include unexpected moments of self-discovery, unlikely alliances, inspirational resilience, and ingenious work-arounds. One personal narrative at a time, framed by Nigel’s and Earlonne’s distinct perspectives, This Is Ear Hustle reveals the complexity of life for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people while illuminating the shared experiences of humanity that unite us all.

The Women of San Quentin

Author : Herb Schreier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985624422
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book The Women of San Quentin written by Herb Schreier and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Incident at San Quentin

Author : Daniel P. Scarborough
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434912612
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Incident at San Quentin written by Daniel P. Scarborough and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death Row Chaplain

Author : Earl Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476777780
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Death Row Chaplain written by Earl Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America's most feared prisons: San Quentin-- by a minister to the lost souls sitting on death row. Himself a former criminal, Smith shares the most important lessons he's learned from years of helping inmates discover God's plan for them. Their stories show us that it is still possible to find God's grace and mercy from behind bars, and that it's never too late to turn our lives around.

San Quentin

Author : Bonnie L. Petry
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0893704369
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book San Quentin written by Bonnie L. Petry and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coming of statehood to California in 1850 forced the authorities to face one immediately pressing issue: what to do with the many convicts who were pouring forth from the local county courtrooms in the wake of the great Gold Rush of 1848-49. Lawlessness was everywhere rampant, and something had to be done immediately. The answer was found in establishing the first state prison at Quentin Point in Marin County, soon to be called San Quentin. Librarians Bonnie Petry and Michael Burgess have here gathered together several key documents dealing with the earliest years of the prison, including James Harold Wilkins' seminal work, "The Evolution of a State Prison," together with a list of early convict names, a bibliography of "San Quentiniana" (publications by the convicts themselves) by Herman K. Spector, and a new annotated bibliography of nonfiction resources about the prison compiled by Ms. Petry. Complete with Introduction and Index.

The Prisoner in His Palace

Author : Will Bardenwerper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501117858
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Prisoner in His Palace written by Will Bardenwerper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides “a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power” (USA TODAY). The “captivating” (Military Times) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young American soldiers in the summer of 2006. Shortly after being deployed to Iraq, they learn their assignment: guarding Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution. Living alongside, and caring for, their “high value detainee and regularly transporting him to his raucous trial, many of the men begin questioning some of their most basic assumptions—about the judicial process, Saddam’s character, and the morality of modern war. Although the young soldiers’ increasingly intimate conversations with the once-feared dictator never lead them to doubt his responsibility for unspeakable crimes, the men do discover surprising new layers to his psyche that run counter to the media’s portrayal of him. Woven from firsthand accounts provided by many of the American guards, government officials, interrogators, scholars, spies, lawyers, family members, and victims, The Prisoner in His Palace shows two Saddams coexisting in one person: the defiant tyrant who uses torture and murder as tools, and a shrewd but contemplative prisoner who exhibits surprising affection, dignity, and courage in the face of looming death. In this thought-provoking narrative, Saddam, known as the “man without a conscience,” gets many of those around him to examine theirs. “A singular study exhibiting both military duty and human compassion” (Kirkus Reviews), The Prisoner in His Palace grants us “a behind-the-scenes look at history that’s nearly impossible to put down…a mesmerizing glimpse into the final moments of a brutal tyrant’s life” (BookPage).

Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin

Author : Jimmie A. Marshall
Publisher : Reel art Press
ISBN 13 : 9781909526563
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin written by Jimmie A. Marshall and published by Reel art Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful portrait of a legendary musician by a legendary photographer. Carefully curated with full access to the Jim Marshall Archive, this handsome oversized volume offers the definitive view of Johnny Cash's legendary prison concerts at Folsom in 1968 and San Quentin in 1969. Cash had been interested in recording a live album at a prison since his 1955 hit, 'Folsom Prison Blues.' The idea was put on hold for a few years until 1968, when Cash visited one of California's oldest maximum-security prisons to record his At Folsom Prison album.

The San Quentin Chronicles

Author : Frank Frogge
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 154341530X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The San Quentin Chronicles written by Frank Frogge and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Quentin Chronicles is a raw, hard look at prison life as a white peckerwood and the countless days in the walls of San Quentin. It talks about heroin addiction and the price one pays behind barsfrom losing a wife to a disease to losing a daughter after getting clean. It tells how a hateful man can come back from all that bitterness and hatefulness and build a normal life, saving others like him. Its a story that will leave the readers spellbound and wanting more.

Chronicles of San Quentin

Author : Kenneth Church Lamott
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789126010
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Chronicles of San Quentin written by Kenneth Church Lamott and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1961, writing Chronicles of San Quentin was first suggested to Kenneth Lamott during a spell as a teacher at that California prison in the 1950’s. The book not only chronicles the history and highlights of one of America’s most famous penitentiaries, but it also reflects the changes in prisons in the U.S. over the last 100 years. Calmly informing us that there were over 4,000 murders in California between 1849-1855, Lamott quickly justifies the terrible need the state had for prisons other than lax, badly run county and city jails. But San Quentin itself, which started as a floating prison hulk, was little better. Here are its famous prisoners, riots and escapes, its floggings and brutalities, its executions too. With the coming of the “New Era” penology in the 1890’s, the change to more humane and rational treatment of prisoners is shown. The Clinton Duffy era is dealt with at great length—its shortcomings are shown along with its humane virtues—and prison life including the Chessman execution, is portrayed with sympathy and understanding. A highly readable book.

Danger and Trust

Author : R. Theodore Davidson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450204473
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Danger and Trust written by R. Theodore Davidson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir describes the many unexpected things that occurred during Ted Davidson's unique research among Chicano prisoners at San Quentin Prison and in the Chicano movement in California, from 1966 until 1997. www.danger-trust.com. He reached the depths of the prisoners' own illegal culture via the secretive deadly if crossed Mexican Mafia. A very few highlights during those 31 years: Ted was kicked out of San Quentin by prison administrators for revealing staff secrets to the media. He was repeatedly set up by undercover FBI agent provocateurs posing as students, who tried to provoke him into doing things he would never imagine doing. Ted was fired from Cabrillo College for criticizing California Department of Corrections and protesting the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. He wrote a popular ethnography, Chicano Prisoners: The Key to San Quentin--in print from 1974 until 2002. Ted lived under a death threat against him and his family for six weeks. He cut his San Quentin and Chicano ties in 1979. Still, in 1997, Ted wisely refused to testify in a case against 12 Mexican Mafia members who were convicted by the U.S. government of racketeering, conspiracy, murder and extortion.

San Quentin State Prison Record of Convicts Register

Author : California State Prison at San Quentin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book San Quentin State Prison Record of Convicts Register written by California State Prison at San Quentin and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bound volume containing handwritten entries for convicts at San Quentin Prison covering the period from December 23, 1932 to August 31, 1934. Entries include date of imprisonment, convict number, name and offense of each prisoner, county of residence, prison sentence, fingerprint classification, and parole and discharge dates, if any. Some entries also include execution dates.

Chicano Prisoners

Author : R. Theodore Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Chicano Prisoners written by R. Theodore Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author takes the reader from the world outside the walls of prison, comprised of the officials' homes with neatly groomed lawns, to the prisoners' world inside the walls with blocks of 11-by-4.5 foot cells of concrete and steel and treeless, grassless, concrete yards. He succeeds in helping the reader understand why prisoners think and act as they do in their particular ecosphere--Foreword.

Register of San Quentin Prison

Author : California State Prison at San Quentin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Register of San Quentin Prison written by California State Prison at San Quentin and published by . This book was released on with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Germ of Goodness

Author : Shelley Bookspan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803212169
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book A Germ of Goodness written by Shelley Bookspan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the ninety-three years between 1851, when the California State Legislature faced the problem of what to do with criminals, until 1944, when it finally organized the state's four prisons into one adult penal system, the prisons at San Quentin and Folsom were the only places of incarceration for the state's felons. Bookspan traces the development of a system emphasizing deterrence and retribution to one receptive to reform and rehabilitation. ø "This is the story," writes Bookspan, "of the penury and personality struggle through which California developed a prison system to assess, and to address, individual needs while retaining its custodial institutions. It is a story of the West, even though eastern penology, with all of its overtones of moral duty, provided the language for prison reform. In a state where chaos preceded the assertion of normative rule, fear, not hope, formed the governing principle of penology. It is a story of America because true reform on an expanded sense of individual potential."

Disguised As A Poem

Author : Judith Tannenbaum
Publisher : Northeastern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781555534523
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Disguised As A Poem written by Judith Tannenbaum and published by Northeastern University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Judith Tannenbaum last met with her poetry writing class at San Quentin prison, one of the students commented, "Now I'm going to give you an assignment: write about these past four years from your point of view; tell your story; let us know what you learned." This beautifully crafted memoir is the fulfillment of that assignment.In stirring and intimate prose, Tannenbaum details the challenges, rewards, and paradoxes of teaching poetry to maximum-security inmates convicted of capital crimes. Recounting how she and her students shared profound and complicated lessons about humanity and life both inside and outside San Quentin's walls, Tannenbaum tells provocative stories of obsession, racism, betrayal, despair, courage, and beauty. Contrary to the growing public perception of prisoners as demons, the men in this poetry class-Angel, Coties, Elmo, Glenn, Richard, Spoon-emerge not as beasts or heroes but as human beings with expressive voices, thoughts, and feelings strikingly similar to the free.Tannenbaum provides revealing views of conditions in the cellblocks and shows how the realities of prison life often paralleled her own life experiences. She also relates such events as visits to her group by prominent poets (including Nobel Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz); a prison production of Waiting for Godot sponsored by Samuel Beckett himself; and the presentation of her students' work to a class of sixth and eighth graders, who connected to the prisoners' words by writing their own poems to the inmates.