The denial of bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs was an early signal by the judge that the music mogul won't be heading home soon. A ...

An emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom was recently held at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. For some incarcerated ...

San Quentin State Prison reported more than 1,000 positive coronavirus cases as of Monday morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a news briefing.

Then in 2023, after several transfers throughout California’s prison system, I wound up back where it all began—at San Quentin, where one day I was introduced to a former U.S. Marine locked up ...

Located inside of San Quentin's gates, the museum showcases exhibits spanning from the prison's founding in 1852 through the 1940s. Today, curator Jeff Craemer manages the museum which is open to ...

California is reenvisioning prison life, starting with San Quentin, the state's oldest and most notorious prison. Step one is changing the relationship between incarcerated people and their guards.

And they executed the pigeons," he said. San Quentin is California's oldest and most notorious prison. First built in 1852, it has survived waves of controversy.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (Gray News) - California’s notorious San Quentin is clearing out its death row inmates as the maximum-security prison transforms into a rehabilitation center. In some cases ...

Cash's groundbreaking performance was followed by others — notably, B.B. King recorded his Grammy-winning "Live at San Quentin" in 1990, and Metallica played a 10-song set at the prison in 2003.

The usual stuff. What’s unusual is that Gomez, 26, made his most recent film, a short documentary about working out, while living inside San Quentin State Prison.

Lawmakers and activists initially balked at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to use $380 million to build a “rehabilitation campus” at San Quentin, California’s oldest state prison.

San Quentin has proved to be fertile ground for reform. Because the prison is embedded in affluent, liberal Marin Country, and because it has had some progressive wardens, it is rich in programs.