San Quentin News

There's a scene in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" where Shylock argues that people share the similarity of being human, and thus should be treated with respect despite their differences: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" A Friday performance of the Bard's play by San Quentin State Prison inmates elicited ... (more)

Now 23, Monica says she'll be thrilled when her father does, one day, get out of San Quentin, but she had to get off the emotional roller coaster of high expectations, and dashed hopes.

We're about to give you a rare look at the tactics used by San Quentin State Prison guards in crisis situations -- an overwhelming show of force called "cell extraction teams." The I-Team's Dan Noyes has obtained internal videos from the prison.

Police seek knifer after tavern brawl: Melvin Phelps recently returned after being released form San Quentin, was being sought this week by Brentwood police to face charges of assault with a deadly weapon, following an altercation in an Oak Street tavern early Wednesday in which he is accused of knifing Keith Ditmars.

Guiding Rage into Power - GRIP -- A program in California's San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their violent behavior.

Guiding Rage into Power - GRIP -- A program in California's San Quentin prison that uses meditation to help inmates address the root causes of their violent behavior.

Al Wefaq's latest creative campaign on social media is "capital of torture". Their manipulated images, information and propaganda for the vast majority in Bahrain is infuriating.

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A 55-year-old inmate who spent more than 20 years on California's death row for the rape and murder of an 87-year-old woman has died.

A 55-year-old inmate who spent more than 20 years on San Quentin State Prison's death row for the rape and murder of an 87-year-old woman has died.

The title of this post is the title of this interesting new post at Crime & Consequences by Michael Rushford, President of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation .

Prosecutor-backed legislation to shorten death penalty appeals in California, and bring back the gas chamber, has been rejected by a state Senate committee .

San Quentin State Prison seems the last place one would expect the avant-garde plays of Samuel Beckett to be appreciated.