On this day in 1870, the notorious Californio bandit Tiburcio Vásquez was released from San Quentin State Prison, ushering in ...

The crime comedy premiered at SXSW on March 16, 2015, and hit theaters on March 27, 2015. The cast includes Will Ferrell, ...

After all, it isn’t every day someone who specializes in selling rare food and recipe books ... at San Quentin into other prisons. California prison officials transferred Jones to the state ...

San Quentin Prison, dating to 1852, was California’s first state lockup ... communities are treasure troves of early-day California history. My “Solano Chronicles” column highlights various ...

A small, unassuming building within the harsh concrete gates and extensive security of San Quentin Rehabilitation ... "The museum is the history of the prison and the state as we know it.

Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen and American studio DLR Group have been selected to redesign California's San Quentin State Prison into ... central to US history and culture ...

Welcome to the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, better known as San Quentin State Prison. From the twisted minds of serial killers to the cold calculations of gang leaders, the eerie hallways of ...

Rules like that come with the territory when you’re planning the world’s first-ever film festival inside a prison ... film books and instruction manuals. There’s also San Quentin News ...

At California’s oldest and most infamous state prison ... Gavin Newsom announced in March 2023 to reimagine prison life, starting at San Quentin. The changes are modeled after prison operations ...

He was referencing a history ... prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin’s death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state ...