News

California's oldest prison is getting a Scandinavian makeover
California’s oldest and most infamous prison, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, is undergoing a groundbreaking ...
San Quentin getting another transformation to further focus on rehabilitation
Shortly after he took office in 2018, Governor Gavin Newsom set out to change the state's penal system, beginning at San ...
Axios on MSN8d
California on track to open revamped San Quentin rehabilitation facility
A sweeping transformation is taking place at California's oldest prison as state leaders work towards revamping the facility ...
IJR9d
California Spending Big To Turn Notorious Prison Into Cushy ‘Rehab Center’ With Grocery Store, Podcast Studio
California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison that seeks to transform the penitentiary into a Scandinavian-style ...
Los Angeles Times8d
‘I want to be remembered.’ Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000
In the following months, hundreds of death row inmates fell sick as COVID-19 swept through San Quentin State Prison’s east block, the crowded warren of concrete and iron cells, stacked five ...
Daily Mail9d
California to spend $240m of taxpayer cash on prison rehab center with outrageously glitzy amenities
The San Quentin State Prison, branded the Golden State's 'most notorious prison' by Governor Gavin Newsom, is undergoing sweeping changes to bring 'the nation's most innovative rehabilitation ...
Yahoo8d
'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000
In the following months, hundreds of death row inmates fell sick as COVID-19 swept through San Quentin State Prison's east block, the crowded warren of concrete and iron cells, stacked five ...