2000-09-26 04:00:00 PDT SAN QUENTIN-- A statewide manhunt was under way yesterday for a convicted child molester who pulled off a daring predawn escape from San Quentin State Prison.

How Johnny Cash's performance at San Quentin prison turned Merle Haggard away from a life crime and toward a career in music.

The episode "San Quentin Breakout" will air at 9 p.m. Aug. 5. It will explore when Tucker ended up in San Quentin, a California state prison, and planned one of the "most audacious prison breaks ...

In San Quentin State Prison, Rahsaan Thomas wasn’t at the peak of his physical fitness, nor was he expecting that to change much. Then he started running.

George P. Burt, escaped convict, confessed to Iowa authorities that he was, in fact, the man who shot Spokane County deputy Dick Cashatt during a traffic stop. “In Rosalia, Wash., I was arrested ...

San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest Death Row and was built in 1852 ...

But San Quentin was known primarily for its Death Row, and the prison still houses 546 condemned inmates, including Luis Bracamontes, who gunned down two Sacramento-area sheriff’s deputies in ...

Mary Ann Hughes, right, speaks at a news conference outside Chino City Hall on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, concerning the state’s recent movement of condemned inmates from San Quentin Prison’s death ...