Dossier
San Quentin State Prison
Coverage of San Quentin State Prison in the Nexus archive.
- He spent 19 years in isolation on death row. Then the handcuffs came off
Johnny Morales, a death row inmate, spent nearly 20 years in isolation at San Quentin before being transferred to a facility with less restrictive conditions. His move follows a policy shift under Governor Gavin Newsom, which suspended the death penalty and led to the dismantling of the condemned housing unit.