Episode 141: San Quentin: The Magazine, Issue 4

What do elevators, canned fish, and video games have in common? They’re new on the scene at San Quentin. Our inside team — plus interns! — reports with up-to-the-minute updates from SQRC.

Here's CDCR's statement about the cafe:
”CALCITRA has identified a Joint Venture Partner, Love Does Parade, to operate the cafe space within SQRC, and they are enthusiastic about completing the opening process and beginning operations. We continue to make progress toward opening the cafe and are working through the required approvals and clearances."

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This episode was scored with music by Antwan Williams, David Jassy, Derrell Sadiq Davis, Dwight Krizman, and Earlonne Woods.

Thanks, as always, to Warden Andes, Lt. Berry, and Sgt. Graves at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center; Acting Warden Chanelo, Associate Warden Lewis, and Lt. Avina at the California Institution for Women; and Warden De La Cruz and Lt. Vogel at the Central California Women’s Facility, for their support of the show.

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