Outlaw country great Merle Haggard scored his third No. 1 hit with a heartbreaking tribute to his prison buddy, Rabbit.

Newsom’s past actions have made it clear he deplores capital punishment as deeply as many civil rights advocates,” writes ...

The manhunt continued Thursday after for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison and is believed to have carjacked a vehicle overnight. Shalom Mendoza, 21, was last seen at the prison ...

(Karl Mondon/AFP/AFP) Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair. Red-carpet interviews take ...

California’s oldest prison is gearing up to host an entirely new cast of characters, including some Hollywood stars. San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, where a $239 million overhaul is underway, will ...

An inmate on death row at San Quentin State Prison died early Thursday morning, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The CDCR says Spencer Brasure, 49, was found ...

Everyone agrees San Quentin is overcrowded. It is supposed to house 3,300 prisoners; today there are nearly 5,000. For years the old hospital and the clinics have failed to meet the needs of the ...

Global artist eL Seed shares his experience painting complementary murals on the exterior wall of the SFBroadway's Orpheum Theatre and inside San Quentin Prison through San Quentin SkunkWorks' ...