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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.
Dozens needed medical care, men incarcerated at San Quentin said. Officials call it a gastrointesti…
Laura Italiano,Nicole Einbind…
How gangs in San Quentin operate, according to a former prison gang member
John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the org…
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Johnny Cash once sang about the 'living hell' at San Quentin State Prison. A new program there aims to help inmates sing a different tune.
The owner of a music-based non-profit is bringing songwriting to San Quentin state prison this fall.
Sebastian Cahill
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California's corrections department caused a COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin that infected more than 2,000 inmates and killed more than 2 dozen people, report says
The outbreak happened after California's Corrections Department organized an inmate transfer back i…
Kelly McLaughlin
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I'm incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn't think things could get worse until COVID-19.
San Quentin State Prison in California has one of the biggest clusters of coronavirus cases in the …
Rahsaan Thomas
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Nearly 1,000 inmates will be removed from San Quentin prison after its infection rate has gotten so bad it's been dubbed 'the Chernobyl of COVID'
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong told NBC Bay Area: "That tower is burning and it'…
James Pasley
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California is set to dismantle the largest death row in the US and transform it into a 'positive, healing environment'
San Quentin death row inmates will be transferred to general populations in other prisons over the …
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are begging a judge to keep him out of prison, warning their son's social awkwardness could put him in 'extreme danger'
Sam Bankman-Fried's family said his inability to read social cues could get the FTX founder into vi…
Jacob Shamsian
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A prison where the prisoners were in charge
The General Penitentiary of Venezuela was a place where inmates mostly roamed freely. But there was…
Oscar B. Castillo
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Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to ditch her black turtleneck for khaki prison garb and will earn as little as 12 cents an hour working on the prison factory line
The disgraced Theranos founder would be expected to abide by a daily 6 a.m. wake-up call, and stand…
Aditi Bharade
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COVID-19 is engulfing prisons like San Quentin and it shows how letting the virus spread unchecked may only accelerate the death count and prolong the illness for those who manage to survive it
The US coronavirus death rate is around 49.5 out of 100,000 people. The death rate at San Quentin i…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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San Francisco's death row is now empty, but California still has the most inmates with death sentences of any state
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom's March 2019 moratorium on the death penalty, San Francisco reduced its…
Madison Hall
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Silicon Valley CEO gets 8-year prison sentence in case over blood-testing company that gives off Elizabeth Holmes-Theranos vibes
Prosecutors said Arrayit CEO Mark Schena claimed he was on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize and fa…
Associated Press,Lakshmi Vara…
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She gave birth, twice, in prison. We were there to witness the reunion with her kids.
Raquel Esquivel's two sons, born while she was in prison, were taken from her soon after they were …
Jamie Roth,Alan Chin
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A Republican state senator was arrested in Hong Kong after bringing a gun in his carry-on luggage
The TSA is investigating how Senator Jeff Wilson's revolver was not detected when he passed through…
Pete Syme
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Bye California: 7 people who fled the state share the culture shocks they've experienced and why they have no regrets
Seven former California residents share why they left and the biggest changes they faced in their n…
Manseen Logan
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Harvey Keitel sets the record straight on his 'Apocalypse Now' recasting; talks Tarantino, and wishing he was in 'Sister Act 2'
Keitel talked to Insider about his new movie "Lansky," hoping to work with Tarantino again, and for…
Jason Guerrasio
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COVID allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?
4,500 federal prisoners were approved for home confinement to reduce overcrowding during the corona…
Jamie Roth
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A California court temporarily blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for prison workers that was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
Advocates for prisoners said the mandate would protect inmates, while an organization representing …
Connor Perrett
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California man who used bitcoin to launder $13 million given 3-year jail sentence
Hugo Mejia, 50, established an unlicensed money-transmitting firm and used bitcoin to launder at le…