San Quentin State Prison has four massive cell blocks, each identified by their cardinal direction: north, south, east, and west. Of the four, only one…

KALW's Nancy Mullane spent the last year touring the most secure prisons in California, including death row at San Quentin, the Protective Housing Unit at…

This story was the first of a six-part series following Nancy Mullane in her efforts to increase media access to prisons. It first aired in October 2012.…

California has the largest death row population in the United States, with 727 men and women living in four condemned housing units. All 20 women…

In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all executions…