And I don’t think that you sit on death row at San Quentin for over 20 years and work every single day to make your story known and to make your innocence known, and not actually be innocent.

Source: https://therealnews.com/california-is-about-to-execute-an-innocent-black-man

In his song, Cash calls for the prison's imposing walls to fall, concluding, 'San Quentin, I hate every inch of you'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/uk-news-weekend-features-project/article-11807529/Worlds-BRUTAL-prisons-Syrian-hell-hole-Russias-K-6-Black-Dolphin.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“It also shows the promise for the future of one of our oldest institutions as it is being revamped into a modern, new purpose as the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.”

Source: https://sacobserver.com/2023/10/redemptive-steps/

It’s part of his desire to make San Quentin, once home to the nation’s largest death row and where the state performed executions, a model for preparing people for life on the outside — a shift from the state’s decades-long focus on punishment.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5534302/newsom-plans-to-transform-san-quentin-state-prison-lawmakers-and-the-public-have-had-little-input/

Now he returns to San Quentin to coach runners every other Monday.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/sports/markelle-taylor-running-coach-prison.html

William Kogut, while incarcerated on Death Row at San Quentin, kills himself with a pipe bomb made from playing cards.

Source: https://www.nhgazette.com/2023/10/20/fri-oct-20/