San Quentin News
| Written by the Incarcerated | |
| Type | Prison newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Clinton Duffy |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Language | English |
| City | San Quentin, California |
| Circulation | 35,000 (as of 2022) |
| Website | sanquentinnews |
The San Quentin News is a non-profit, monthly prison newspaper written and edited by inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California and published by the Pollen Initiative.[1]
History
The San Quentin News was founded in 1940 by Clinton Duffy, the then warden of San Quentin State Prison, as an inmate-edited newspaper.[2] The newspaper had a spotty publication record until completely closing in the 1990s.[2] It was reestablished in 2008 by warden Robert Ayers, Jr. and, as of 2014, had a print circulation of 11,500.[3] By 2022 this had grown to a circulation of 35,000, with copies of the newspaper distributed to inmates at 36 California state prisons and some jails.[4][2]
The San Quentin News is published by the Pollen Initiative.[5]
Content
The San Quentin News covers local sports, prison entertainment, and correctional policies.[3] All content published by the newspaper is subject to pre-publication review by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and, in 2014, the publication was suspended for more than a month after newspaper staff substituted an approved photograph with an unapproved photograph.[3]
The San Quentin News is a member outlet of the Institute for Nonprofit News.[6]
References
- ^ Carlson, Claire; Petrone Slepyan, Anya (2024-10-15). "A Prison Newspaper Hopes to Bridge 'Inside' and 'Outside' Worlds in Rural California". The Daily Yonder. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ a b c Pishko, Jessica (October 28, 2014). "The San Quentin News seeks to humanize inmates". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ a b c Leigh Brown, Patricia (May 20, 2014). "Inmates' Newspaper Covers a World Behind San Quentin's Walls". New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Hanson, Natalie (December 23, 2021). "San Quentin newspaper carries on through pandemic". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ Keegan, Rebecca (July 31, 2023). "The Auteurs of San Quentin". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ "INN Network Directory". findyournews.org. Institute for Nonprofit News. 27 January 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2023.