California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Archives

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

I first met James Daly when covering a story for San Quentin News about what it meant to be a youth mentor at this prison. He told me a story about arriving here from his previous prison, which had a service dog training program. He was torn, but happy to be part of the youth […]

Voices from Solitary

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Voices from Solitary: A Slow Drift Into the Abyss

Voices from Solitary: The Legacy of Black August at San Quentin Prison

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

No Touching Allowed for Many LGBTQ+ People in Prison

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/26/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/11/2016]

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [4/05/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/14]

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [7/14/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Christmas in the Hole, 1968

Voices from Solitary: “There Must Never Be A Time When We Fail To Protest”

California Department of Corrections Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers, Bans Lawyers

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement