Joe Garcia is a reporter with CalMatters, and was incarcerated at San Quentin. <a href="https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/san-quentin-murals/">He just published a story</a> on just how one mural came to be, and how he helped make it happen.He says it all started with his friend, Kai Bannon.

Joe Garcia is a reporter with CalMatters, and was incarcerated at San Quentin. He just published a story on just how one mural came to be, and how he helped make it happen.He says it all started with his friend, Kai Bannon.

Joe Garcia is a reporter with CalMatters, and was incarcerated at San Quentin. <a href="https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/san-quentin-murals/" rel="noopener noreferrer">He just published a story</a> on just how one mural came to be, and how he helped make it happen.He says it all started with his friend, Kai Bannon.

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