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Deadman Talkin’ is a series of columns, written by Dean Carter, who spent many years on death row in San Quentin Prison. He is now at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton.

Deadman Talking Columns Index

Browse every Deadman Talking column by Dean Carter, collected from death row and beyond, arranged for easy reading.

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Columns

  • Column 67

    Appeal from Partnership for Re-Entry Program to write Gov. Newsom

  • Column 66

    Luau. Celebrating Hawaiian Pacific Islander culture.

  • Column 65

    Leaving Death Row

  • Column 64

    How incarcerated veterans and others observed Memorial Day.

  • Column 63

    Second annual California Health Care Facility Re- Entry/Resource Fair.

  • Column 62

    Since I am no longer on Death Row at San Quentin, my prison world has…

  • Column 61

    It was a gloomy day, gray and foggy with a damp chill in the air…

  • Column 60

    I am involved in the Native activities here in this prison, just as I was…

  • Column 59

    In my opinion, getting prison tattoos is one of the dumbest things someone can do

  • Column 58

    San Quentin is no longer called a prison. It has been re-classified as a rehabilitation…