Musician Johnny Cash on stage with his band, in concert at San Quentin State Prison, California, February 24th 1969.Johnny Cash At San Quentin
Major disturbance' broke out August 21 at San Quentin Prison after two convicts, one of them George Jackson , a Soledad Brother, tried to escape from...Soledad Brothers
Interior of the gas chamber inside the prison at San Quentin. Caryl Chessman was put to death here in 1960.The Gas Chamber at San Quentin
An aerial view San Quentin State Prison on July 08, 2020 in San Quentin, California. Over 1,400 inmates and staff at San Quentin State Prison have...One-Third Of Prisoners At San Quentin Prison Have Coronavirus
View of a new emergency care facility that was erected to treat inmates infected with COVID-19 at San Quentin State Prison on July 08, 2020 in San...One-Third Of Prisoners At San Quentin Prison Have Coronavirus
Prisoners walk the yard at the San Quentin prison on May 15, 1999 in San Quentin, California.The rise of mass incarceration in America
San Francisco: Hickman. Photo shows William E. Hickman, the murderer of little Marion Parker in Los Angeles in the door of his cell at San Quentin...Murderer William E. Hickman and Accomplice in Prison
San Quentin, CA- Forty-five somber witnesses are led from San Quentin's gas chamber after watching the execution of Elizabeth "Ma" Duncan here 8/8....Execution Witnesses Led From San Quentin
This is a file photo of San Quentin Prison. It was placed in the New York files in December, 1954.View of San Quentin Prison
The new gas chamber that will be used at San Quentin, California, August 1, 1937.San Quentin Gas Chamber
Prisoners on a solitary wing at San Quentin, a California state prison, are always escorted, when traveling outside of their cell, by corrections...Mass incarceration in America
Prisoners on a solitary wing at San Quentin, a California state prison, are always escorted, when traveling outside of their cell, by corrections...Mass incarceration in America
After serving four years of a 20 year sentence for the slaying of George Alberts engineer aboard the freighter Port Lobos, Frank Connor and Earl...Ship Slaying Prisoners Leaving San Quentin
Saved from death three times by gubernatorial reprieves, Mrs. Juanita "Duchess" Spinelli, , walks the "last mile" into San Quentin prison, before her...Juanita Spinelli Walking Towards San Quentin Prison
On the witness stand before an assembly committee investigating the parole from San Quentin of three former waterfront labor leaders is William...San Quentin Labor Leader Trial
Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien in a scene from the 1937 movie, San Quentin.Humphrey Bogart in Scene from San Quentin
Basement of main Mess Hall used as a Dormitory; one hundred and eighty one men sleep here.View of Prison Dormitory at San Quentin
The sealed door of the gas chamber at San Quentin prison in California. Caryl Chessman was put to death here in May 1960.The Gas Chamber at San Quentin
This "tank" cell at San Quentin Prison, California, measures 7 feet 8 inches by 11 feet 8 inches, with the ceiling 7 feet 11 inches high. Yet is is...View of Prisoners Cramped in Cell Quarters
San Quentin, Calif:- Here is the gas chamber in San Quentin prison in which 194 persons, including three woemn were put to death up to 1967. The...Gas Chamber at San Quentin
Men gather here in San Quentin's prison yard while waiting for meals and before evening lockup. It is here that many fights and knifings occur since...View of Men in San Quentin Prison Yard
John Joseph McNamara Secretary of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union who was sentenced to 15 years in prison and went to San Quentin along...John Joseph McNamara on Convict Ship
San Quentin, CA- Picture taken during the annual New Year's vaudeville show at California's state prison, when 5500 prisoners gathered in a large...Prisoners Gathered for Vaudeville Show
Mrs. Juanita "Duchess" Spinelli, schedules to be the first woman to be executed in California and the first to die of poison gas, grips a crucifix...Juanita Spinelli Posing with Hand on Cheek
San Quentin, Calif: Newsmen were kept at a distance April 22, as condemned "hippie cult" leader Charles Manson was removed from Los Angeles Sheriff's...Security For Charles Manson, San Quentin
Main prison yard at San Quentin...men gather here while waiting for meals and before evening lockup. It is here that many fights and knifings occur...View of Main Prison Yard at San Quentin
Actor Marlon Brando joins with and speaks to demonstrators against capital punishment outside the gates of San Quentin prison. Hundreds of persons,...Marlon Brando with Protesters
Los Angeles County Sheriff's van passes through gates of San Quentin Prison, bearing convicted killers, Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins, closer to...Convicted Killers at San Quentin
Framed by Scales of Justice, Stanford Law Professor Anthony Amsterdam testifies February 25th with his agreement with California's Supreme Court's...Anthony Amsterdam Observing Scales of Justice
San Quentin, CA- Sirhan Sirhan became Convict No. B21014 at San Quentin Prison 5/23. Sirhan's official prison photo is shown here. The 25-year-old...Prison Mugshot Of Sirhan Sirhan
Edward Kruvosky, former light heavyweight boxer, sent to San Quentin prison with a number of other youths for the Howard Street attach case in San...Kruvosky Leaves Prison on Parole
Charles Manson, with a swastika tattoo on his forehead, listens to the panel at his parole hearing.Charles Manson with Swastika Tattoo on Forehead
Charles Manson reads a statement at his parole hearing in San Quentin. He was turned down for parole for the 6th time.Charles Manson at Parole Hearing
James A. Johnston, nationally known penologist and former head of Folsom and San Quentin prisons, had accepted the wardenship of Alcatraz Island...James A. Johnston
The Sirhan Area is ready on San Quentin Prison's death row for the killer of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The address: Cell 33, South Side, condemned...Death Row San Quentin Prison
The Sirhan Area is ready on San Quentin Prison's death row for the killer of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The address: Cell 33, South Side, condemned...Death Row San Quentin Prison
The Sirhan Area is ready on San Quentin Prison's death row for the killer of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The address: Cell 33, South Side, condemned...Sirhan Sirhan's Cell on San Quentin Prison's Death Row
Author Truman Capote went to San Quentin Prison recently to do a TV documentary on capital punishment. Before he was allowed into the death row area...Truman Capote Visits San Quentin
First Woman to Die in California's Gas ChamberJuanita Spinelli: First Woman to Die in California's Gas Chamber
San Quentin Prison, California: Ashen faced and pensive, Juanita "The Duchess" Spinelli sits in warden's office at San Quentin Prison where she faces...Convicted Murderer Juanita Spinelli
Escorted by San Quentin prison guards J.R. Thomas and Lt. L.J Morin , Caryl Chessman, condemned to death more than seven years ago, enters the Post...Prison Guards Escorting J.R. Thomas
Mrs. Frances Couturier, who started visiting convict-author Caryl Chessman in San Quentin Prison two years ago, is hopeful that they may be reunited...Portrait of Frances Couturier
This room is the bottom floor of a San Quentin cell block built in 1850. Now it houses 39 prisoners. There are no toilet facilities, and poor...Prisoners Cramped in Cell
San Quentin Prison, California- Convict-author Caryl Chessman, scheduled to die in gas chamber here 5/2, is pictured 4/30 during what may have been...Convict Caryl Chessman at Press Conference
Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham mother of...Barbara Graham Riding
San Quentin, CA: The inmates watch television in the evening. The programs are not censored, and by the majority vote, the men can watch whatever...Inmates In Prison Watching Television
Caryl Chessman, who was convicted on 17 counts of robbery, kidnapping, and rape, and who delayed his execution in the California gas chamber eight...Caryl Chessman Holding Press Conference
Mickey Hart , drummer for the Grateful Dead, sitting nr. Prison chaplain Earl Smith in front of members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in courtyard at...Fred Smith;Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart , drummer for the Grateful Dead, sitting nr. Prison chaplain Earl Smith in front of members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in courtyard at...Fred Smith;Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart , drummer for the Grateful Dead, looking on as prison chaplain Earl Smith performs w. Members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in chapel at...Fred Smith;Mickey Hart
Musicologist & drummer for the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, standing at mike, introducing the members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in chapel at the...Mickey Hart
Male prisoner leading members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in song at the prison chapel; the choir is made up of male prisoners & 18 female...Male prisoner leading members of the San
Male prisoner leading members of the San Quentin Mass Choir in song at the prison chapel; the choir is made up of male prisoners & 18 female...Male prisoner leading members of the San
San Quentin Mass Choir performing song in the prison chapel; the choir is made up of male prisoners & 18 female staffers, including prison guards;...San Quentin Mass Choir performing song i
San Quentin Mass Choir performing song in the prison chapel; the choir is made up of male prisoners & 18 female staffers, including prison guards;...San Quentin Mass Choir performing song i
San Quentin Mass Choir performing song in the prison chapel; the choir is made up of male prisoners & 18 female staffers, including prison guards;...San Quentin Mass Choir performing song i
Musicologist & drummer for the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, hugging male prisoner/choir member, as photographer takes pic at San Quentin prison; Hart...Mickey Hart
Ex-Prison Warden of San Quentin, Clinton T. Duffy, at Senate Committee meeting discussing Capital Punishment.Clinton T. Duffy
Musicologist & drummer for the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, standing nr. Others, listening to members of the San Quentin Mass Choir perform in chapel...Mickey Hart
