Last week was not the first time Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary has been in the spotlight related to the federal ...

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS working toward criminal justice reform met recently with incarcerated individuals at San ...

After waiting more than four decades to clear his name in a friend’s 1980 killing, Subramanyam Vedam was set to walk free ...

Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair.

KENDALL COUNTY, Texas – A San Antonio man who used a paintball gun to “disable” security cameras and steal two Corvettes from Boerne dealerships was sentenced to four years in prison, according to the ...

A judge has sentenced a Riverside County man to 16 years to life in prison for igniting the 44,000-acre Line Fire in San Bernardino County last year. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 35, of Norco received ...

A 54-year-old ex-con pleaded guilty Thursday, Oct. 2 to carrying out a takeover-style bank robbery in Anaheim — one day after he got out of state prison. Eric Walter Gray, who has a lengthy criminal ...

The American Penal Press Contest was relaunched in 2025 after a 34-year hiatus. The San Quentin News, which is published by inmates at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, was awarded the title of ...

A San Francisco street ambassador who had just turned his life around after 23 years in prison was shot dead by a man he’d asked to stop using drugs outside a public library, according to officials ...

Two Marin County affordable housing projects will receive sizable long-term loans from the state. A plan to build 115 dwellings on a Larkspur parcel near San Quentin prison will receive a $41.9 ...

SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio woman is facing between two to 10 years in prison after she was caught on camera beating her 3-month-old poodle, Thanos. Back in January, a neighbor recorded 23-year-old ...