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San Quentin inmates find community through tennis

James Duff, bottom, serves during a tennis match between fellow San Quentin State Prison inmates and visiting players in San Quentin, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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California moves to dismantle nation’s largest death row

Shown is the entrance to the east block of death row at San Quentin State Prison, Aug. 16, 2016, in San Quentin, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation's largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons with in two years. The goal is to turn the section of San Quentin State Prison into "a positive, healing environment." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Prison guard charged with smuggling cellphones into California’s …

An armed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer stands guard at San Quentin State Prison's death row on Aug. 15, 2016. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Bruce Davis, Charles Manson’s ‘right-hand man,’ denied …

Condemned sex offender dies while awaiting execution in …

This photo provided by the California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Richard Allen Benson on Aug. 24, 2018.

Death row inmate dies of unknown causes at San Quentin …

This Aug. 31, 2018, photo provided shows Charles Edward Crawford II, an inmate on California's death row. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

California prisons will resume limited in-person visits …

A condemned prisoner touches the mesh fence in the exercise yard during a media tour at San Quentin State Prison in this undated photo. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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Inmates sue California over prisons spreading infections …

64-year-old San Quentin death row inmate dies; no …

This Aug. 24, 2018, photo released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Johnny Mungia, a 64-year-old death row inmate who died on March 16, 2021, at a hospital. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

Sex offender found dead in suspected homicide at …

San Quentin State Prison is fined more than $421K …

In this July 9, 2020, file photo, a correctional officer closes the main gate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

California prison officials unleashed ‘public health …

Inmates at the California Institution for Men in Chino exercise in the yard Dec. 10, 2010, in Chino, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

New app to help California family, friends schedule …

San Quentin State Prison in Marin County is seen in an undated photo. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Death row inmate at San Quentin State Prison dies …

San Quentin State Prison in Marin County is seen in an undated photo. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)