Denis Akbari, a Berkeley Journalism student, volunteered with the San Quentin News and is now working with Harvard-Yale IPIPS to develop the Inside Knowledge platform, a collaborative, justice-driven media infrastructure that empowers incarcerated people to become creators, scholars, and civically engaged members of their communities.
Marcus “Wali” Henderson, the Editor-in-Chief of the San Quentin News, chose to spend his final days befriending and collaborating with media, despite being silenced on the prison’s slavery-laden history, and his legacy will continue to inspire and inform the work of journalists in the future.
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