Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death ...

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

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 ...

California is transferring everyone on death row at San Quentin prison to other places, as it tries to reinvent the state's most notorious facility as a rehabilitation centre. Many in this group ...

Rampant sexual abuse by guards at women’s prisons in California. An inmate suicide that went unnoticed for 18 hours in Washington state. Multiple jail breaks in Pennsylvania. Prisons and jails across ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...