Voters should take Proposition 57 serious
Kevin D. Sawyer,
San Quentin News
November 2, 2016
For decades California has led the nation with tough-on-crime legislation like its draconian Three Strikes law. Women and men in the Golden State have been sentenced to indeterminate 25-to-life sentences for an array of trifling crimes such as drug possession and shoplifting; part of a war pr...
The Pioneer visits San Quentin
Kevin D. Sawyer,
San Quentin News
October 26, 2016
Students and faculty from California State University East Bay’s student-run newspaper, The Pioneer, visited the San Quentin State Prison in July. A couple of years ago the idea struck me to reach out to my alma mater — California State University Hayward — from San Quentin because I wanted those on ...
