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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.

Columns

  • Column 40

    Effective July 1, 2005, all tobacco and tobacco related products will be considered contraband …

  • Column 39

    I have been trying to follow the Iraqi prison abuse scandal …

  • Column 38

    “The value of visiting as a means to establish and maintain meaningful family and community…

  • Column 37

    The new Death Row hasn’t even been designed yet …

  • Column 36

    The only budget that wasn’t cut is the one for prisons…

  • Column 35

    The poor woman in Nigeria who was sentenced to death for having a baby out…

  • Column 34

    One of the rights you lose, when you are sent to prison, is the right…

  • Column 33

    I wanted to reply to some more of the common questions…

  • Column 32

    At about 5AM it is very quiet in here, unless there is someone yelling or…

  • Column 31

    I have expected the worst and haven’t been disappointed.