The California Constitution prohibits slavery — unless it is carried out as a punishment for a...
Prison
Advocates Say CA Governor Should Address Budget Deficit by Closing More Prisons
The governor’s proposed cuts will negatively impact Californians who are low-income, unhoused, or...
Reinventing San Quentin
Criminal justice and rehabilitation experts, crime survivors, and formerly incarcerated people will...
Bill Seeks Increased Media Access to Prisons and Incarcerated Interviewees
In 1994, then-California Governor Pete Wilson signed a bill giving the state prison system more...
A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Kaiser Health News Jimmy Dee Stout was serving time on drug charges when...
Nation’s First Standalone Prison Campus Celebrates Graduation
But COVID-19 outbreaks at San Quentin loomed in the background of the festivities.