Authorities at Kern Valley State Prison are investigating the death of an inmate on Independence Day as a suspected homicide, according to a statement released by the California Department of ...

The death of an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, according to the California ...

Jones came to San Quentin in 1998. He was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder – both with firearm enhancements.

The lawsuit stemmed from the botched transfer of infected inmates in May 2020 from a Southern California prison to San Quentin, which at the time had no infections. The coronavirus then quickly ...

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, a condemned inmate walks along the east block of death row at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. More than 700 condemned inmates on ...

A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the widow of a San Quentin inmate who died of COVID-19 can move forward. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — California prison officials must face claims that they callously disregarded inmates’ constitutional rights by orchestrating a prison transfer that caused a deadly Covid-19 ...

Viewpoints San Quentin inmate: “Two years after a deadly COVID outbreak and not one lesson learned” By Steve Brooks Special to The Sacramento Bee Updated June 15, 2022 5:59 AM ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California's death row, students at one of the country's most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and ...

The college is one of dozens of educational, job training and self-help programs available to the 3,100 inmates in the medium-security portion of San Quentin, making it a desired destination for ...

SAN QUENTIN — Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California's death row, students at one of the country's most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of ...

And the 1960 execution of a notorious inmate divided a father and son — the Democratic governor, Pat Brown, and his Democratic son, the future Gov. Jerry Brown.