San Quentin Rehabilitation Center has a long history as one of the state's toughest correctional facilities. But, on Friday, ...

I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON for more than 30 years. When I came to prison, the corrections goal was isolation, retribution, and punishment. In the past decade, ...

While working as a K-9 officer at San Quentin State Prison in the Bay Area, Avelino Ramirez began smuggling and hiding contraband in the facility’s “common areas” in October 2021, according ...

Enrique Sandoval, Daniel Arciniega and Eleazar Alicantar learn English language skills in class at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday. In March 2023, Gov. Newsom announced a plan to transform ...

KALYN NORWOOD KCRA THREE NEWS. SAN QUENTIN HAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE SAN QUENTIN REHABILITATION CENTER. AND WHILE MANY MORE CHANGES ARE COMING. KCRA 3’S SARAH MCGREW TAKES US BEHIND ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - San Quentin's baseball team has been a prison yard institution for 123 seasons, but this year something happened for the first time. On a crisp, unusually clear Friday ...

How to Survive shares six survival tricks learned inside San Quentin prison and how they apply to extreme situations. They offer practical advice on staying safe in confined, high-risk environments.

Eleanor Roosevelt pictured during a visit to San Quentin prison in 1943. (Clinton Duffy Collection/Marin History Museum) By Marin Independent Journal. UPDATED: June 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM PDT.

At a recent symposium at San Quentin prison, a group of district attorneys from across California met with inmates to talk about the state's model of prison reform.

California proposal would move some inmates into single-occupancy cells 03:21. In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are ...