San Quentin saw a surge in COVID-19 cases that led to a virtual state of sickness and the loss of 29 lives at the prison. During the entire pandemic, these shower restrictions existed at San Quentin.

The San Quentin Film Festival, which in October became the world’s first-ever film festival inside of a prison, is returning for a second year. The festival was founded by Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, a ...

In 1957, he played to inmates at Huntsville State Prison in Texas, and followed that with his first concert at San Quentin, also in California. On New Year’s Day in 1959, as well as the same day ...