A long, slow process of transferring prisoners out of San Quentin has already placed hundreds in other facilities, leaving the 402 who are there now. Not only is Newsom aiming for a more humane ...

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 ...

The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...

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

Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But now the balance is back to getting tougher, as polls this fall showed ...

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 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 ...