CALIFORNIA law will prevent public libraries and prisons from arbitrarily banning books. As an African American who has spent ...

Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in ...

San Quentin is California's oldest and most notorious prison. First built in 1852, it has survived waves of controversy. The state is facing four lawsuits stemming from the 2020 transfer of ...

serving as the initial reception area for state prisoners. “If a judge sentences someone to prison, San Quentin is often the first place they will come. Then they are evaluated and sent ...

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.

Killers show no compassion for their victims. Why should California show compassion when these imprisoned killers become ...

Juan Marino Haines, 67, is a journalist who is incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. He is editor-in-chief of the publication Solitary Watch, which is written by San Quentin prisoners.

Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla are making headway. But most female prisoners have experienced levels of trauma that make it hard to ...

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 ...

He is heavyset and rumpled in his prison blues ... That afternoon as I leave San Quentin I feel a glow again, a peace, a calm. A state of spiritual reverie. Serenity. I do not understand how ...