A failed water pipe at San Quentin State Prison has left 1,698 inmates without drinking water or functional toilets in their cells for days. Prison Lt. Guim’Mara Berry said that the staff became ...

San Quentin inmates train puppies to become service animals 04:08. SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON -- A new training program at San Quentin State Prison has inmates training puppies to eventually become ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that more than 1,000 inmates at San Quentin State Prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Just 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge sits San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. It's California's oldest prison, first built in 1852. "We roughly have about 3,300 incarcerated right now ...

Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP James Duff, bottom, serves during a tennis match between fellow San Quentin State Prison inmates and visiting players in San Quentin, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

James King is a former San Quentin inmate who says he commends Governor Newsom's plan on improving California's prisons. King now works to pass legislation to improve prisons across the country.

The prison also has had annual visits from the staff and coaches of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, who face off against the inmate’s San Quentin Warriors team, which last September lost a ...

The prison currently houses the fifth-highest number of condemned inmates outside San Quentin in the state. At least four of them now at Donovan were sent to death row from San Diego County.

San Quentin State Prison inmates and a group of visiting players break a huddle after playing tennis together in San Quentin, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) ___ ...

INSIDE SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, Calif. — Stefan Schneider needed a nickname, or a handle as they call it in prison. So the inmates quickly began brainstorming for the college tennis player ...