SACRAMENTO – More than 10,000 offenders are serving their sentences in private prisons outside of California, in four states. That number could grow … [Read more...]

Selected Stories From Past Issues of The San Quentin News JUNE 1981 – The prison bake shop has immediate openings for experienced bakers. Pay ranges … [Read more...]

Selected Stories From Past Issues of The San Quentin News MAY 1981 – Approximately 200 law students from area colleges attended the Warden’s Tour and … [Read more...]

Selected Stories From Past Issues of The San Quentin News APRIL 1981 – Correctional Officer Gerald Riley, 26, was seriously injured after being … [Read more...]

Selected Stories From Past Issues of The San Quentin News MAR. 1981 – The San Quentin News reports that the price of first–class stamps will go up to … [Read more...]

FEB. 1981 – A total of six shots were required to break up a fight between two cons. During the altercation a correctional sergeant who had run to the … [Read more...]

DEC. 1980 – David Lee Moore, 28, from Alameda, was found hanging from the bars by his bed sheets in his condemned row cell. He was pronounced dead at … [Read more...]

FEB. 12, 1982 –The first annual bodybuilding and powerlifting contest was held in S.Q.’s Skyline Gym. 15 “self–endowed, muscular cons presented their … [Read more...]