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Remaining condemned prisoners receive innovative therapy

February 25, 2025 by Jambri Johnson Sr.

The 10 remaining Death Row residents at San Quentin are receiving innovative methods of therapy as they wait to be transferred to general population … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH ROW, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Death Row

Former Death Row Upper Yard receives upgrade

February 18, 2025 by T. J. Marshall

High-pitched grinding noises, sparks, and the smell of carbon blades cutting through steel have informed residents of progress at the San Quentin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH ROW, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: Death Row

Death Row minister believes in becoming a better friend while serving the condemned

January 22, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Death Row minister Chitoka Webb finds comfort and ease in life experiences, through religious leadership, and health. Webb, 48, is a Presbyterian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH ROW, Recently Posted, Religious Programs Tagged With: Chitoka Webb, Death Row, Marin Independent Journal

Second chance at life

January 16, 2024 by Stuart Clarke

From 42 years on Death Row to SQ's Earned Living Unit A formerly condemned incarcerated individual is alive and thriving in San Quentin State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: Death Row, Earned Living Units, Marvin Walker, San Quentin State Prison

Another year down, another year forward

December 19, 2023 by Steve Brooks

As this year comes to a close, we leave behind twelve notable months of historic endings at San Quentin and throughout the California prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: California Model, COVID-19, Death Row, Gavin Newsom, J. Clark Kelso, Jeffrey Macomber

Death row transfers face mixed reactions

May 30, 2023 by Steve Brooks

Death Row

California’s controversial move to shutter death row Two clocks, three telephones, and a light green death chamber will soon be a memory as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, DEATH ROW, Featured, POLITICS Tagged With: Death Row

 The end of the line for Death Row?

April 18, 2022 by A.J. Hardy

California begins the process of repurposing Death Row housing units The nation’s largest Death Row is now in its final throes, as Gov. Gavin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, Death Row

Victims and prosecutors angered by transfers of condemned prisoners

January 14, 2022 by Vincent O'Bannon

Death Row

Prisoners sentenced to death can now be transferred to other California prisons, according to the California Department of Corrections and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row

Death Penalty Info Center’s 2020 report notes ‘historic lows’ in executions

January 9, 2022 by Steve Drown

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COVID prison deaths exceed recent state-imposed executions in the United States  Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended California’s death penalty in 2019 by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, DEATH PENALTY, Death Row, executions

In Memoriam for those taken by COVID-19 on SQ Death Row

August 22, 2020 by Jonathan Chiu

Death Row

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Filed Under: COVID-19, DEATH PENALTY, DEATH ROW, Featured, Most Read Tagged With: COVID-19, Death Row, Pandemic, San Quentin prisoners

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