San Quentin State Prison News

San Quentin State Prison has halted accepting inmates from 19 Northern California counties in order to limit the spread of the H1N1 flu virus at the facility.

San Quentin State Prison says it will stop accepting inmates from 19 Northern California counties Wednesday because of fears over the swine flu.

A quarantine of San Quentin State Prison inmates has been expanded in response to a possible swine flu epidemic.

Jesse James Hollywood leaves the Santa Barbara Superior Courthouse in custody July 1, 2009 as the jury begins its deliberation kidnapping and murder charges.

Prison officials at San Quentin State Prison have quarantined 800 inmates after several prisoners came down with flu symptoms and a handful initially tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

About 800 San Quentin State Prison inmates have been quarantined while officials investigate 30 suspected cases of swine flu.

A former Dublin doctor who fled the country after he was accused of drugging and molesting male patients and friends, was sentenced this morning to seven years and four months in state prison.

Twenty-year-old Michael Horner liked the deep blue shade and quick-release wheels of his new bike, but appreciated more what it meant for him.

A convict awaiting execution for the murder of his ex-wife's husband in San Diego County has died of natural causes, California prison officials announced Saturday.

When will America come to its senses and end its unbridled support of Israel and put us in good standing with the rest of the world? And I don't just mean the Arab world -- I mean Europe and Asia as well.

States racing to cobble together new budgets for their July 1 deadline could find themselves sinking back into red ink sooner than they think, as Americans' income and the taxes they pay on it shrink, new data show.

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law , Mentalfloss on June 14, 2009 at 12:45 am Long before he was an outlaw country crooner, Merle Haggard was a real outlaw - albeit a bad one.

Officials at San Quentin State Prison are investigating the death of a death row inmate who was convicted for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in 1983.

A Marin County theater company is helping San Quentin State Prison inmates put on a Shakespeare play Monday for hundreds of their peers.

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Originally published June 12, 2009 at 7:29 p.m., updated June 12, 2009 at 7:29 p.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif.

SAN QUENTIN: It's some of the most prized waterfront land in the country, a large piece of beautiful property sitting right on San Francisco Bay, and the owner has proposed selling it to raise cash.

The hearing, after which a San Francisco Superior Court judge will decide whether the men should stand trial, will now start July 6. The decision was made Monday after several hours of closed-door negotiations between the judge, prosecutors with the state attorney general's office and the seven defense attorneys.

If Comrade Obama is ever forced by his own sanctimonious rhetoric to really close Club Gitmo, the terrorists vacationing there are unlikely to be happier with their new accommodations - unless they're simply let go.

It was another perfect day along the San Francisco Bay, the sun shining like new Sterling silver, and John Taylor was happily hunting weeds in the courtyard at San Quentin State Prison.