Turning San Quentin into Norway isn’t the worst idea
The hulking facility overlooking San Francisco Bay in Marin County is the oldest correctional facility in California, dating ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
San Quentin getting another transformation to further focus on rehabilitation
But here's the most important number: 2026. In January of the new year, San Quentin will officially stop being a prison and ...
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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 ...
Should a Killer Profit From Putting His Death Row Writings Up for Sale?
Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his ...
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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 ...
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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 Quentin. He vowed to change the dark legacy of California's oldest prison ...