Al” Jones reached out to Ben Kinmont five years ago looking for help. Today, the pair are seeking $80,000 for Jones’ manuscripts.

Rising at 3:45 a.m., Mr. Jones would typically write longhand on pads, consult a cellblock buddy, Big Nate, for spelling help and then pay another death row inmate with seven books of stamps ...

Jones’s creations will be auctioned April 3–5 at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. A death row inmate, Jones spent more than 30 years in one of the nation’s most notorious ...

In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin's death row ... 19," one of 10 books — two of them collections of prison recipes — that he has written during his years ...