The manhunt continued Thursday after for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison and is believed to have carjacked a vehicle overnight. Shalom Mendoza, 21, was last seen at the prison ...

Outlaw country great Merle Haggard scored his third No. 1 hit with a heartbreaking tribute to his prison buddy, Rabbit.

Global artist eL Seed created three works of art, two inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and one in downtown San ...

"Newsom's past actions have made it clear he deplores capital punishment as deeply as many civil rights advocates," writes columnist Robin Epley.

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore San Quentin prison, its dangers, and survival tips for inmates.

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 ...

(Karl Mondon/AFP/AFP) Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair. Red-carpet interviews take ...

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 ...

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Wednesday imposed an "indefinite pause" on further coronavirus-related transfers from San Quentin, KTVU has learned ...

Everyone agrees San Quentin is overcrowded. It is supposed to house 3,300 prisoners; today there are nearly 5,000. For years the old hospital and the clinics have failed to meet the needs of the ...