California Prisons

On this edition of Your Call, we get an update from Uncuffed, KALW's audio journalism program in San Quentin and Solano prisons. March 11 marks one year…

On this edition of Your Call, we get an update from Uncuffed, KALW's audio journalism program in San Quentin and Solano prisons. March 11 marks one year…

California prison officials have halted an effort aimed at forcing warring prison gangs to get along with each other after the inmates wound up brawling…

Six by ten feet. That’s the average size of solitary confinement cells. Tens of thousands of people incarcerated in the United States linger in solitary…

When someone is imprisoned, it doesn’t just affect the incarcerated. It affects the people left behind. Young people. Nearly three million children in the…

A note to our readers: this is part 3 of our series on reentry. The names of formerly incarcerated men and their families in this story have been changed…

When volunteering at a prison there are many rules to follow: there are dress codes, restrictions on what can be brought in and out, and physical contact…

KALW has partnered with the award-winning San Quentin Prison Report, bringing you stories told behind prison walls by inmate reporters. Today we're going…

KALW has been partnering with the award winning San Quentin Prison Report for stories told behind prison walls by inmate reporters. Today we're going to…