San Quentin State Prison

A man who was found dead along Interstate 5 in Oregon has been identified after nearly 45 years and police say a notorious serial killer, now incarcerated at San Quentin, is the sole person of interest in the case.

Former San Quentin residents screen short films they directed with skills learned at the San Quentin Media Center.

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. Last year, the governor announced that it would transform the prison into a state-of-the-art rehab center — and now, the transformation is underway. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Jodi Hernandez, who toured the prison, for some insight.

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. The California Department of Corrections has now begun transferring death row inmates to other prisons across the state to comply with voter approved Proposition 66.

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. The California Department of Corrections has now begun transferring death row inmates to other prisons across the state to comply with voter approved Proposition 66. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Big changes are coming to San Quentin starting this spring, when demolition work starts on the governor’s $240 million plan to transform the notorious prison into a rehabilitation and education center.

Big changes are coming to San Quentin starting this spring, when demolition work starts on the governor’s $240 million plan to transform the notorious prison into a rehabilitation and education center.

A death row inmate at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center died over the weekend, prison officials said Wednesday.

An advisory council hand-picked by Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison. Raj Mathai speaks with Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on this.

One of the notorious prisons in the country is being transformed. Classrooms, job training, and coffee shops. Those are just some of the changes a California group is proposing to make to improve conditions inside San Quentin Prison. Scott Budman reports.

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.