Film Festival, San Quentin State Prison
At the First Ever San Quentin Film Festival, One Filmmaker Wins a Prize — and Parole
A24's 'Sing Sing' and Netflix's 'Daughters' screened alongside films from incarcerated directors at the event, where the red carpet took place in the courtyard below California's recently closed death row,
San Quentin State Prison Hosts Trailblazing Film Festival Featuring Incarcerated Filmmakers
San Quentin hosted its first Film Festival featuring works by incarcerated filmmakers, with celebrity guests and support from the CDCR.
San Quentin’s newest arrival — nation’s first prison film festival
SAN QUENTIN – History was made Thursday at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center where what’s believed to be the first major film festival ever held within a prison’s got off to a joyous start. The two-day San Quentin Film Festival has been a labor of ...
San Quentin Set to Host First-Ever Prison Film Festival
Along with Thomas, longtime San Quentin volunteer Cori Thomas (no relation) co-founded San Quentin Film Festival, the nonprofit hosting the event. Cori Thomas is a playwright and actress whose plays include the upcoming “Lockdown” and “When January Feels Like Summer.”
Common-Produced and Scored Doc Short ‘Four Letters’ to Premiere During San Quentin Prison Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival inside of a prison — has added a short doc produced and scored by Common to its lineup.
Mafia member on death row fatally beaten at Southern California prison
A condemned inmate at a Southern California prison was beaten to death by three other inmates this week, the California ...
Death sentence reduced to life in prison for San Marcos woman who killed her 4 kids
A mother sentenced to death for killing her four children in their San Marcos home 25 years ago has been resentenced to life ...
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6 Myths about California Crime as Voters Weigh Ballot Measure on Drugs, Retail Theft
By Nigel Duara, Californians have gone back and forth on crime and punishment for years. In 1994, they voted for harsher ...
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Death Row Inmate From Castaic Murdered In State Prison
Convicted inmate Alberto Martinez, 46, formerly of Castaic, was beaten to death by other inmates last week. On Sept. 26, ...
Inmate imprisoned for murder is beaten and killed by other inmates at California prison
Alberto Martinez, a convicted murderer who was involved in the Mexican Mafia, was attacked and killed by three inmates at ...
Supreme Court takes up death row case with a rare alliance. Oklahoma inmate has state’s support.
The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma’s ...
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California mafia member on death row fatally beaten by other inmates in prison
A mafia member on death row was beaten to death by three other inmates at a prison in Southern California, officials said. No ...