San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

Jim Proctor, a middle-aged tycoon, decides to hand over his glass-making company to his young nephew Paul Duggan.

A corrupt official at San Quentin tries to frame an innocent guard for several murders within the prison.

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

Courtesy of The Freedom Archives 1972, 28 min. This extraordinary video is from a 16mm film “work print” made in 1971–1972, and includes interviews with George Jackson, Georgia Jackson (George and Jonathan Jackson’s mother) and Angela Davis, while she was still in the Marin County Courthouse Jail, before her acquittal. We have not been able to identify the other prisoners. As you will see, the film has no titles or other credits. The discovery of such amazing, previously unknown historic materials always leaves us thrilled and in awe, deepening our understanding of those times and affirming the mission of the Freedom Archives.

Documentary about the staging of 'Waiting for Godot' in prison.

Comedian Paul Rodriguez brings down the Big House in this live stand-up performance for the inmates of California's San Quentin State Prison. Rodriguez serves up his hilarious commentary on Latino culture, quirky friends and neighbors, embarrassing family members and life's most bizarre situations, and is rewarded with whoops and hollers from some of the country's most dangerous criminals.

Six minute Hanna Barbara presentation pilot for an animated television series that would have revolved around a dozen kids, a big shaggy dog, and an adult traveling around the country in a specialized RV visiting various locations and people.

Take-off on Fanny Brice's "Baby Snooks" radio program. An exasperated Mr. Quail tries to catch a worm for his whining daughter, Baby Toots, and gets the worst from a tough crow who has designs on the worm himself.

A man who thinks he is a train.