Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 Garc a 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.
Title: Prison Truth The Story Of The San Quentin News
Author(s): Drummond William J.
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520298361
Pages: 344 Pages, 12 B-W Images
Publication Date: 1/7/2020
Category: Press & Journalism