Not only is Newsom aiming for a more humane environment at the prison, but emptying Death Row saves money. The average prisoner in San Quentin costs the state around $60,000 a year, but those on ...

Daniel Landry landed in prison in 1986 and has been on Death Row since 2001 for killing other inmates. MORE: Here's a look at the transformation of San Quentin State Prison ...

California is transferring everyone on death row at San Quentin prison to other places, as it tries to reinvent the state's most notorious facility as a rehabilitation centre. Many in this group ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan’s killer — but at what cost?

Franklin, a seemingly unassuming grandfather and a former LAPD mechanic and sanitation worker, was finally caught in 2010 ...

Condemned killer dies while on San Quentin's death row Fresno County Sheriff's Office investigating death of inmate at the Fresno County Jail Fresno County inmate who attacked correctional officer ...

We’re at the oldest prison ... in San Quentin try again and again to make it home before their illnesses consume them. But as much as “Dying Alone” is about literal death, it’s about ...

Thornton had been moved to the hospice unit from San Quentin State Prison's Death Row on a date not provided by the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation. In March 2006 ...

San Quentin has effectively ... Nobody is in prison for Breonna Taylor. Hell, I just saw a documentary where two white men got probation for beating an Asian man to death with a baseball bat ...

San Quentin State Prison is one of North America's most notorious jails. It has held convicts like Charles Manson, and today it houses the largest death row population in the USA. It is here that ...

“Because I’ve been a death row nurse for 10 years.” Simon has worked at San Quentin for 19 years total. Around the time she got hired, a coworker learned about her vocal abilities and asked her to ...