The Latest Breaking News from San Quentin

There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently

This deeply moving film follows the maximum-security detainees training to run a marathon. It’s a troubling portrait of masculinity, but one which offers hope

A new documentary takes a look at 1000 Mile Club, based out of the notorious California prison, that gives inmates a special opportunity

An advisory council says California Gov. Gavin Newsom should slash by at least a third the cost of his $360 million plan to build a campus with classrooms in the notorious San Quentin State Prison

Inside San Quentin, residents are drawing mainstream audiences and shifting narratives about life behind bars

Inside California’s oldest prison, a mix of hope and fear as the governor’s $380m plan to ‘reimagine’ incarceration begins

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two months after Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to transform San Quentin State Prison from a maximum-security prison into a rehabilitation and education facility within the prison system, lawmakers are pushing back saying his proposal lacks a detailed strategy behind it.

After decades locked alone in small cages in San Quentin, men sentenced to die brace for sweeping change

New York exhibition of more than 200 menus traces US history through a century of dining