On January 1, 1958, Johnny Cash walked through the gates of San Quentin State Prison and performed for inmates.

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION HAS BEEN A STAPLE of the California prison system for more than 40 years. Like citizens in the free ...

Sixty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash played his first-ever prison concert and unknowingly changed the country music world.

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- Coronavirus cases are surging at San Quentin State Prison and there is now major concern for residents of Marin County, where the prison is located. Hospitals have filled ...

For the incarcerated players of the San Quentin Giants, batting practice coincided with efforts to earn back their freedom. By Eli Tan Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

Everyone agrees San Quentin is overcrowded. It is supposed to house 3,300 prisoners; today there are nearly 5,000. For years the old hospital and the clinics have failed to meet the needs of the ...

Merle Haggard wrote the title track of his fifth album for a former prison mate named Rabbit who invited him to escape San Quentin.