Author: Don Chaddock, Inside CDCR editor
The legend of Gold Rush era bandit Rattlesnake Dick, aka Richard Barter, is full of speculation and guesswork. If he...
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Thanks to the artistic talents of those incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), the D-Yard Security Housing Unit (SHU)...
When High Desert State Prison Registered Nurse Teresa Smith was on her way to work May 24, she wasn't expecting...
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Former Correctional Officer William Conroy describes how incarcerated females were employed at San Quentin. This is the third of a...
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Former Correctional Officer William Conroy, who worked at San Quentin State Prison from 1903 to 1907, wrote this piece regarding...
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Former Correctional Officer William Conroy, who worked at San Quentin from 1903 to 1907, described life in prison for a...
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Famous artists, musicians and actors bringing their craft into state prisons can be traced back to the early 1900s. Today...
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Art as rehabilitation dates to 1911, when the warden partnered with public organizations and local media to offer a play...
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More than 40 fire crews converged on the Ishi Conservation Camp to train for wildland firefighting during the Fire Preparedness...
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When Theodore Durrant was sentenced to death for murdering two women, a pioneering filmmaker requested permission to film inside the...
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