SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Visiting San Quentin, California’s oldest prison once home to a gas chamber used to execute inmates on the nation’s largest death row, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday touted a ...

SAN QUENTIN — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs. The emotional ...

An emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom was recently held at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. For some incarcerated participants, it was the first time they had met their daughter. The "Parent ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, December 18, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- This January, internationally acclaimed contemporary artist eL Seed will make history by creating simultaneous murals inside San Quentin ...

The San Quentin Film Festival, which in October became the world’s first-ever film festival inside of a prison, is returning for a second year. The festival was founded by Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, a ...

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN A STAPLE of the California prison system for more than 40 years. Like citizens in the free world, residents of prison communities elect representatives from among ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. About a month after I earned my parole and was released from High Desert State Prison in 2024, my buddy Kai Bannon ...

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Chase Benoit, who is incarcerated at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, holds a pair of service dogs in training in San Quentin, Calif., Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) SAN QUENTIN ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs. The ...