Steve Brooks

Steve Brooks

Steve Brooks is an award-winning journalist who has written for Prism, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. He is the former editor-in-chief of San Quentin News and a co-fou

2 posts
Steve Brooks was banned from writing for San Quentin News and from working on podcasts produced in the prison.
Crime, Reform & Abolition

 ‘I was silenced’: San Quentin News editor-in-chief fired for prison reform efforts

Having suffered in the prison system for 30 years, I just wanted to help people heal and get home to their families. Instead, prison administrators took away my platform and labeled me a threat.

•
5 Min
By: Steve Brooks
side view of a Black incarcerated person reading book
Education

Incarcerated students can now teach at the first accredited prison college in the US

New initiatives at Mount Tamalpais College allow people incarcerated at San Quentin to design and teach their own workshops

•
5 Min
By: Steve Brooks, Olivia Heffernan

Showing 12 of 2 total posts

Sign up for Prism newsletters.

Stay up to date with curated collection of our top stories.

Please check your inbox and confirm. Something went wrong. Please try again.