Why Mark Zuckerberg is hanging out in San Quentin. by Laurie Segall @LaurieSegallCNN October 14, 2015: 12:18 PM ET . Learning to code from a jail cell.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- John Whearty was 22 when San Quentin State Prison officials gave him a .38-caliber revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun and a crash course in being a prison guard. "The officer I ...

The first state execution, by hanging, was held at San Quentin in 1893. The condemned walked up 13 steps, one for each of the jurors and one for the judge, and the hangman had to judge the length ...

The 68-year-old was found hanging in his cell at San Quentin State Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Sam Robinson said in a written statement.

An emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom was recently held at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. The "Parent Prom" was ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that more than 1,000 inmates at San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Actors Rahim Bradshaw, left and Andrew Hellums watch for their cue to enter during a performance of Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” in the chapel at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San ...

The state’s oldest prison, San Quentin opened in 1852. While inmates were executed at Folsom State Prison in the early days, San Quentin has been the only place male inmates have been executed since ...

Kolby Southwood, left, who plays Saturninus, and Yanci Dakin, who plays Tamora, review their lines before a performance of Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” at the San Quentin prison chapel ...