Chief of the San Quentin News, chose to spend his final days befriending and collaborating with media, despite being silenced ...

Students from San Francisco State University are changing their own perceptions about incarceration through a program that teaches conflict resolution skills to inmates at the Maple Street ...

John Chatmon, accused in a drive-by killing of a San Antonio boy, was convicted and sentenced for felon in possession of a ...

The governor is calling for closure of an unspecified prison as a cost-saving measure. The state’s inmate population is down ...

EARLY ONE MONDAY MORNING in May, Vincent O’Bannon was dropped off outside the gates of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center after serving more than 15 years in prison. He was convicted of second-degree ...

The parolee average daily population is projected to be 34,723 in 2024-25, declining slightly to 34,197 in 2025-26,” Newsom ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for closing another prison as part of his newly revised budget proposal.

Donald “Curly” Brooks lifted his shirt and stared intently into the mirror of his prison cell. The warped, thick metal never ...

Arguably the eeriest final statement was uttered by South Carolina local Freddie Owens in September of last year. Owens ...

New records show what happened to some of the former prisoners after state leaders chose to shrink a prison population ...

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

Nearly a third of prisoners released early at the start of the pandemic by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration ended up back ...