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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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  • 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…

  • Column 57

    There is no longer a death row in California …

  • Column 56

    The first months of the Covid pandemic inside San Quantin were terrifying…

  • Column 55

    Visits from family and friend is always something very special for those of us on…

  • Column 54

    most people on the Row do not have any contact with anybody outside of these…

  • Column 53

    petition drive to get the abolishment of the death penalty onto the ballot November California…

  • Column 52

    The following is something I wrote for a newspaper in England called INSIDE TIME (www.insidetime.org)…

  • Column 51

    When I first arrived here at San Quentin’s Death Row …