The hulking facility overlooking San Francisco Bay in Marin County is the oldest correctional facility in California, dating ...

The collection up for sale includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The ...

There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came ...

But here's the most important number: 2026. In January of the new year, San Quentin will officially stop being a prison and ...

California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison ...

The San Quentin State Prison, branded the Golden State's 'most notorious prison' by Governor Gavin Newsom, is undergoing sweeping changes to bring 'the nation's most innovative rehabilitation ...

Hall’s former boss, Contra Costa Sheriff David Livingston, has long stood by Hall, calling the decision to charge him ...

Shortly after he took office in 2018, Governor Gavin Newsom set out to change the state's penal system, beginning at San Quentin. He vowed to change the dark legacy of California's oldest prison ...

A sweeping transformation is taking place at California's oldest prison as state leaders work towards revamping the facility ...

The backstory: Prison newspapers are rare, but not new, in California. The San Quentin News dates back to at least 1940, and ...