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Humans of San Quentin hosted its first-ever "Graduation and Celebration" at San Quentin State Prison, honoring the voices of ...
California committed more than $200 million toward refashioning San Quentin as a hub for rehabilitation. Prisoners followed ...
A new COVID-19 outbreak has been reported at San Quentin State Prison, the site of one of the most deadly outbreaks of the virus in the California prison system last summer.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s planned transformation of San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation facility after decades as the home for death row inmates is ...
Lawmakers and the public have had little input Eric Risberg / AP A correctional officer walks up a main entryway at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on July 26, 2023.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (KGO) -- The goal is to transform San Quentin from a maximum security prison to a one-of-a-kind rehabilitation center. Governor Gavin Newsom's plan garnered enough legislative ...
San Quentin State Prison is continuing to experience an outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 cases with over 1,000 confirmed cases amongst the staff and inmate population. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ...
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- John Whearty was 22 when San Quentin State Prison officials gave him a .38-caliber revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun and a crash course in being a prison guard. "The officer I ...
The infamous San Quentin State Prison and its population of death row inmates are at the center of a property and prison rights debate in northern California's Marin County. Real estate developers ...
During San Quentin’s initial outbreak 2,243 inmates became infected and 28 were reported to have died. The prison currently has an inmate population of 2,666.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to spend $360 million demolishing a sprawling former furniture factory at San Quentin State Prison and replacing it with something reminiscent of a college ...