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Blue state ‘prioritizing the criminals’ with $239M taxpayer-funded prison project, prosecutor says
A prosecutor in California slammed a plan to build a rehabilitation center to replace San Quentin State Prison, saying the ...
Former San Quentin inmate fights for financial freedom for the incarcerated
A new art exhibit titled "The Only Door I Can Open" is offering the public a rare, intimate glimpse into the realities of ...
American Prisons Don't Work. California Is Trying Something That Might.
Maybe it's just a sign of our angry and divided times, but I'm finding that critics often don't read past the headline or the ...
‘I want to be remembered.’ Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000
The collection up for sale includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN12d
California Spends Big Turning 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 ...
With tears and tail wags, San Quentin inmates reunite with puppies they raised into service dogs
There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came ...
A major roadblock stands in California’s way to a transformed prison system
In its initial stages, the California Model has improved working conditions for some officers. Others say it’s creating more violence in prisons.
Los Angeles Daily News9d
Turning San Quentin into Norway isn’t the worst idea
Yet, unlike some of my conservative-minded friends, I am encouraged rather than appalled by the Newsom administration’s ...
Daily Mail12d
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 ...
Independent Journal Review11d
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 ...
Orange County Register9d
Turning San Quentin into Norway isn’t the worst idea
Yet, unlike some of my conservative-minded friends, I am encouraged rather than appalled by the Newsom administration’s $239-million plan to remake the notorious San Quentin State Prison in ...