A 400-FOOT-LONG CHUNK of a 20-foot-high wall inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center was demolished recently to make way for a new rehabilitation building proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The more ...

The grounds of San Quentin were considerably larger than the high-walled facility where the worst prisoners were kept -- and the trustees who umpired our games did not live behind those walls.

Located inside of San Quentin’s gates, the museum showcases exhibits spanning from the prison’s founding in 1852 through the 1940s. Today, curator Jeff Craemer manages the museum which is open ...

Kevin D. Sawyer is an award-winning incarcerated journalist and former associate editor of San Quentin News. On each of the five floors of the west block building at San Quentin State Prison is a ...

Gov. Newsom tells San Quentin inmates the prison will be transformed 03:49. California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the progress in transforming San Quentin State Prison into new ...

SAN QUENTIN — Federal prosecutors have been uncovering alleged crimes within the walls of California’s oldest prison, but they say the perpetrators had been living in the free world.