Ortega, one of the smuggling ring's organizers, got two life sentences, while Felipe Orduna-Torres got 83 years.

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By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin's death row.

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A former police officer who killed two Danville residents in separate police shootings was released early from prison this ...

Formerly incarcerated individuals Alfredo “Pasta” Ochoa, left, and Anh-Tuan Pham fold a tablecloth while helping clean up ...

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Three forthcoming education and vocational training buildings by SHL and DLR Group stand to add new amenities at San Quentin, ...

How to Survive shares six survival tricks learned inside San Quentin prison and how they apply to extreme situations. They ...

Tiburcio Vasquez grew up in a middle-class family on a land-grant awarded for his father’s military service, a ranch in the Pajaro Valley, and a Monterey townhouse,” writes ...

A lot of country singers get called "outlaw." But here are some legendary performers who really served prison time.

On this day in 1870, the notorious Californio bandit Tiburcio Vásquez was released from San Quentin State Prison, ushering in ...