Hall’s former boss, Contra Costa Sheriff David Livingston, has long stood by Hall, calling the decision to charge him ...

A panel of judges found that fines were justified after California failed to staff its prisons with enough mental health ...

Scott Peterson was attacked in prison by fellow California murderer Charles Miles, corrections officials said. Peterson was ...

A new book by former L.A. prosecutor Marcia Clark raises questions about the tactics used to convict Barbara Graham, the ...

Activists and victims' family members are holding a rally Friday afternoon outside the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in Martinez, protesting the early release of former Danville police officer ...

Convicted killer Scott Peterson was attacked by a fellow inmate at the California prison where he is incarcerated for killing ...

Behind the bleak concrete walls of California’s San Quentin state prison, a Death Row guard handed a brief note, signed by the warden, to the pale, heavy-browed prisoner in Cell 2455.

A majority have been transferred from the former death row at San Quentin State Prison to be housed with the general population at other maximum security prisons.

The San Quentin News dates back to at least 1940, and was re-launched in 2008. The Paper Trail at CCWF is the fourth, and latest, prison newspaper in the state. Keep reading... for the paper's ...

Participants plan to perform the comedy “Love’s Labor’s Lost” at San Quentin in May. Currier said the play is a “360-degree ...