San Quentin State Prison

A former inmate at San Quentin State Prison graduated from Cal State East Bay on Sunday.

A former inmate at San Quentin State Prison graduated from Cal State East Bay on Sunday.

On Friday, Gov. Newsom was at San Quentin prison outlining his dramatic prison reform plan. He, and several other political leaders, gathered to call on the legislature for $20 million to transform the prison into a rehabilitation center. Political Analyst Larry Gerston explains.

The infamous state prison on San Francisco Bay that has been home to the largest death row population in the United States will be transformed into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation, California officials announced Thursday. Pete Suratos reports.

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 goal is to turn it into a site where inmates can be rehabilitated and receive job training before returning to society. The state hasn’t executed inmates...

A co-host of “Ear Hustle,” the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast produced behind bars, has been released from San Quentin State Prison, a year after California’s governor commuted his sentence.

A man, who served time at San Quentin State Prison may be deported back to Cambodia. Now, advocates are pushing the governor to pardon him. Ian Cull reports.

Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin State Prison is the first accredited junior college in the country behind bars.

California’s governor has commuted the sentence of an inmate who has drawn national attention as co-host of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast Ear Hustle

San Quentin State Prison was the site of one of the country’s worst Covid outbreaks during the early months of the pandemic. More than 2,000 people incarcerated or working at the prison caught the virus in 2020 and 28 people died. Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock has the story.