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Steve Brooks

Steve Brooks is a writer for San Quentin News, an award-winning newspaper published out of San Quentin State Prison in California, where he is incarcerated. He has been published in the San Francisco Public Press, Street Spirit, All of Us or None and Voice of Witness. He is also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and has won a 2020 Journalism Excellence Award by SPJ's Northern California chapter for two of his columns published by PJP.

Acer Chromebook at San Quentin showing image from a cryptocurrency class.
Posted inFrom Prison Newspapers

Chromebooks for SQ coders

by Steve Brooks March 16, 2023March 10, 2023
Entrance gate to San Quentin State Prison in California
Posted inOpinion

It’s Still a COVID-19 Emergency in Here

by Steve Brooks February 24, 2023February 23, 2023
Aerial view of San Quentin State Prison and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, California.
Posted inOpinion

In California Prisons, Forced Labor Lives On

by Steve Brooks August 5, 2022August 2, 2022
Three signs with words of encouragement hang on a chain link fence
Posted inFrom Prison Newspapers

Confronting Childhood Trauma at a California Prison

by Steve Brooks July 7, 2022June 29, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Corrections Departments Must Establish Rehabilitation Program

by Steve Brooks March 8, 2022August 9, 2022
Posted inNews

Omicron Spread Continues at San Quentin State Prison

by Steve Brooks January 25, 2022April 3, 2022
Posted inFrom Prison Newspapers

The Benefits of Sports After COVID-19

by Steve Brooks October 7, 2021May 26, 2022
Posted inKites

Another Outbreak, Another Lockdown in San Quentin

by Steve Brooks August 24, 2021April 3, 2022
Posted inRound Up

PART II: Reaction to Chauvin’s Sentence From Prisons Across the U.S.

by Angel M. Garza, Artemus Blankenship, Joe Garcia, Shon Pernice and Steve Brooks July 2, 2021April 3, 2022
Posted inRound Up

Initial Reactions to the Chauvin Verdict From California Prisons

by Angel M. Garza, Artemus Blankenship, Dewan Evans, Dorothy Maraglino, Joe Garcia, Steve Brooks and Tue Kha April 27, 2021April 3, 2022

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