On Saturday mornings during baseball season at the San Quentin prison yard, 22 incarcerated athletes ditch their prison clothes to slip on black and orange baseball uniforms, a gift from the San ...
More than 1,800 inmates and staff have been infected with the virus. San Quentin State Prison in California has erected tents and is converting a warehouse to treat a coronavirus outbreak that's ...
A small, unassuming building within the harsh concrete gates and extensive security of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center is open to the public, filled with often unsettling artifacts from the history ...
It’s a sight you normally don’t see in a prison — inmates and visitors walking a red carpet, happily posing for photos that aren’t mug shots. That was the scene last week at Marin County’s San Quentin ...
San Quentin, CA, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - San Quentin SkunkWorks, a "criminal justice innovation lab," hosts a "one-of-a-kind chess event called 'Pawns to Progress.' A collaboration between San ...
On a recent Saturday morning, I had to carefully choose the color of my wardrobe. To enter any state penitentiary in California, visitors must avoid wearing denim and certain other colors that are ...
THERE ARE CALLING A TRANSFORMATION. SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON. WE HAVE AN INSTITUTIONAL TOTAL. OF 3544. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOME TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST HORRIFIC SUFFERING. THE PEOPLE IN BLUE ...
A mixtape produced by inmates at San Quentin State Prison aims to inspire youth. Hip-hop has been addressing prison reform for decades, but an album released Friday was actually produced, written and ...
The sky is gray over California’s most notorious prison. Rain threatens. In the West Block Yard of San Quentin, a dozen inmates focus on their dogs. Chase Benoit and Travis Fendley are working with ...
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - San Quentin's baseball team has been a prison yard institution for 123 seasons, but this year something happened for the first time. On a crisp, unusually clear Friday morning in ...
The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that decides the players’ fate? The San Quentin Giants’ opponents are impressed. But what about the parole board that ...