A California parole board has reportedly denied convicted Fremont bomber Rodney Blach's release, pushing his chance at life outside of prison back another three years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison is shown in 2010. It was dismantled in 2019. The lethal injection ...

What might stop kids from committing crimes? A group of district attorneys went to San Quentin, once one of California’s most infamous prisons, to ask the inmates for advice. By Shaila Dewan and ...

An inmate at California’s notorious San Quentin prison has exhibited hantavirus symptoms, sparking concerns of a potential outbreak in a superspreader environment. Hantavirus drew a significant amount ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former California correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison was sentenced to 165 years to life for sexually abusing three ...

Millions of residents of that state have voted to abolish capital punishment, a measure now under consideration by Governor ...

The future of capital punishment in California remains a central point of debate as gubernatorial candidates present ...

The mother of a man who was killed by a fellow inmate has argued for years that officials should have never placed the pair in a cell together.

California is one of 27 states that still allows death sentences, though the state last executed a prisoner in 2006; the ...

In the late 1960s, one of my younger brothers and I shared at least one goal. We both wanted to send a ball over the wall at ...

A California bill that would expand organized sports programs in state prisons is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk after receiving unanimous support from lawmakers.