TY - BOOK ID - 136395327 TI - Prison truth PY - 2020 SN - 0520970527 9780520970526 9780520298361 9780520298378 0520298365 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - Prison newspapers KW - Prisoners as journalists KW - Prisoners KW - Social conditions. KW - California State Prison at San Quentin. KW - San Quentin news. KW - 2008. KW - america. KW - arnulfo garcia. KW - bastille by the bay. KW - california. KW - dangerous prisoners. KW - enlightened warden. KW - fostering positive changes. KW - humanizing criminals. KW - incarcerated stories. KW - inmates. KW - johnny cash. KW - life terms. KW - living hell. KW - newspaper. KW - prison climate. KW - prison reform. KW - prisoners. KW - prisons. KW - rehabilitation. KW - retired newspaper veterans. KW - san quentin news. KW - san quentin state prison. KW - social justice networks. KW - united states. KW - visionary prisoner. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136395327 AB - 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 García, 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. ER -