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

The collection up for sale includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The bookseller representing him says it offers a rare glimpse into life on one of ...

A death row inmate, Jones spent more than 30 years in one of the nation’s most notorious prisons, San Quentin. He was sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of a California couple.

Newsom zeroed in on San Quentin when he first took office — almost immediately he placed a moratorium on prison executions and began to transfer death row prisoners from San Quentin to other ...

San Quentin has California's only death chamber, with 656 inmates waiting to be executed. On death row, each prisoner is confined to a cell just large enough for a bed and toilet. Walking along ...

San Quentin was once home to the largest death row population in the United States. The puppy training program started the year it transformed into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners receive ...

In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin's death row, as he had every day for nearly three decades, when reports of a mysterious respiratory illness started to circulate.

In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin's death row, as he had every day for nearly three decades, when reports of a mysterious respiratory illness started to circulate.

In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin's death row, as he had every day for nearly three decades, when reports of a mysterious respiratory illness started to circulate. In ...