As a member of the Veterans Group at San Quentin, we’re allowed to wear distinctive royal blue hats emblazoned with its ...

CALIFORNIA law will prevent public libraries and prisons from arbitrarily banning books. As an African American who has spent the majority of my life in prison, I know what it’s like not to be allowed ...

Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death on Tuesday. Lightsey, 71, remains incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison ...

a two-day event on the grounds of the prison that houses upwards of 4,000 inmates (the facility, which changed its name last ...

An incarcerated San Mateo man was one of five alleged gang members federally indicted on racketeering and drug offenses that were carried out by the Mexican Mafia prison gang, the U.S. Department of ...

Defendants Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement, and Johnson Stinson are already in state prison serving life sentences ...

formerly San Quentin State Prison. California is among the states with an independent oversight office that monitors state correctional facilities. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Rampant sexual abuse ...

Listen To This: Ear Hustle is made in San Quentin for hustlers everywhere One of the best podcasts of 2017 is returning for a second season on March 14.

The BBC’s award-winning strand showcasing the very best in international documentaries has announced a new slate of films to be shown from January 2025 on BBC Four and iPlayer.

We come full circle on a story we first covered in 2016 when we visited the exercise yard at San Quentin State prison in California. It houses the highest number of death row inmates in America ...