Tomorrow, 41 San Quentin residents will graduate from our Journalism Guild and Filmmaker Training Programs 🎓 So it’s only right we take a look back at last year’s Guild graduation. Many of the graduates are now @sanquentinnews staff writers and/or produced award-winning films that were shown at this year’s @sanquentinff 🎉 We can’t wait to see what this year’s class will accomplish, and how they’ll choose to contribute to the narrative around incarceration 🙌 #prisonjournalism #sanquentin #sanq

San Quentin’s MODIFIED MURPH 💪⚡️ The “Modified Murphy” Cross Fit event was named after Lt. Michael P. Murphy who sacrificed his life on June 28, 2005 to save the lives of his seal team members during the take down of a warlord during “Operation Red Wing”. Read more about the event, and the impact of exercise in prison, at SanQuentinNews.com 🔗 🎥 Produced entirely by incarcerated individuals @sqreelz #CrossFit #NeverForget #ExerciseTherapy #NoPainNoGain #StayHealthy | San Quentin News

In dealing with life’s curve balls, incarcerated musicians express their love for music and explain how they use it to cope with the stressors life throws at them. Music offers remedies to regulate emotions, enabling a listener to disengage from distressing situations and focus on the beauty of the music, according to Psychology Today. Incarcerated musical director, composer, and violinist John Zeretzke, 66, said he failed as a student in most academic subjects, but in the fifth grade, his schoo

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