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Incarcerated Californians can’t vote. A prison held an election anyway

Voters in a mock election at San Quentin revealed strong feelings about prison labor, wages and the presidential race

The Guardian - US

Nickelback announce live album Nickelback: Live From Nashville

Nickelback: Live From Nashville features special guests from the worlds of rock and country & western

Metal Hammer

San Quentin Film Festival To Showcase Incarcerated Filmmakers' Talent

The San Quentin Film Festival empowers incarcerated individuals through filmmaking and industry collaboration. Join us on October 10, 2024, for a groundbre...

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Inside San Quentin’s marathon club: ‘For that day they are runners, not criminals’

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

The Guardian - US

San Quentin project's $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor's advisory group says

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

The Independent UK

‘I get to tell my story’: incarcerated journalists are making podcasts, going viral and winning awards

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

The Guardian - US

As San Quentin prison vows to transform, its residents ask: is change possible?

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

The Guardian - US

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‘Insulting,’ ‘unrealistic’: Will lawmakers halt Newsom’s plan to reform San Quentin prison?

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.

Tribune News Service

The last days of death row in California: ‘Your soul is tested here’

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

The Guardian - US

Oyster stew, sturgeon soup: historic menus from Lincoln’s inaugural to San Quentin prison

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

The Guardian - US

San Quentin — California’s oldest prison — executed hundreds from death row over decades

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

Tribune News Service

Can California’s most notorious prison become a rehab center? Ex-residents weigh in

Thanh Tran and James King, formerly incarcerated advocates, on life inside the notorious San Quentin and the governor’s transformation plan

The Guardian - US

Anita Chabria: 'Ending San Quentin as we know it': California rethinks what prison means

CHESTER, Pa. — Luis went to prison on a life sentence 16 years ago, at age 17. Food came on a tray and leftovers were removed on the same brown plastic rectangle.

Los Angeles Times

‘Ending San Quentin’: plan would turn prison into ‘Norwegian style’ rehab center

Gavin Newsom wants to overhaul California’s oldest prison into a facility focused on training programs and education

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The Independent UK

California to transform prison with death row legacy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform San Quentin State Prison, a facility in the San Francisco Bay Area known for maintaining the highest number of prisoners on death row in the country

The Independent UK

Winfrey selects prison memoir 'That Bird Has My Wings'

Oprah Winfrey has selected a prison memoir by Jarvis Jay Masters, currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison in California, for her latest book club pick

The Independent UK

San Quentin inmates find community through tennis

Every corner of the yard at San Quentin State Prison is filled with activity and energy

Tribune News Service

Arguments in Scott Peterson hearing postponed after lawyer gets COVID

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Final arguments in Scott Peterson’s attempt to overturn his murder conviction were postponed Tuesday after one of his lawyers contracted COVID-19 and Peterson was put on “loose quarantine” at San Quentin State prison after his pod was exposed.

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Inside world's biggest death row where most notorious criminals are executed

Serial killers, rapists and infamous criminals have been housed at San Quentin prison, including Charles Manson, but now the correctional facility is set to be closed down

The Independent UK

California inmates study at 1st college based behind bars

Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity and nationalism

Tribune News Service

Why does Scott Peterson want to go back to San Quentin?

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — After nearly four months as an inmate in the San Mateo County Jail, Scott Peterson made a special request through his lawyers on Friday: Transfer me back to San Quentin.

Los Angeles Times

California is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome history

LOS ANGELES — Could this be the end of the line for the end of the line?

The Guardian - US

California says it’s starting to close country’s second-biggest death row

State will move those in San Quentin’s death row section to other prisons within two years, officials say

The Guardian - US

Rahsaan Thomas, the Ear Hustle host, on clemency and life after prison: ‘I want to tell our stories’

After the governor commuted his sentence, the Pulitzer finalist tells the Guardian his hopes for his craft and community work

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