San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest correctional facility, will undergo rehabilitation.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that prisoners serving prison sentences would be transferred elsewhere in California’s state penitentiary system. State prison officials stated that 668 of the state’s death row inmates are male and that about 100 of them have been transferred.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center will take the prison’s name and provide education, training, rehabilitation, and other services to less-dangerous inmates. Notably, San Quentin houses Mount Tamalpais College. This is the first junior college accredited in the country that is located entirely behind bars.
“Today, the next step in the pursuit of true rehabilitation and justice and safer communities through this investment evidenced-backed, creating a model for safety and justice – the California Model – that will lead the country,” Newsom stated in a Thursday statement about the changes.
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A guard inspects vehicles as they enter San Quentin State Prison’s main gate on April 12, 2022 in San Quentin.
Newsom’s office used Norway’s approach in incarceration to inspire the program.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as he tours the newly reopened Ruby Bridges elementary school in Alameda on March 16, 2021. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.)
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The governor was scheduled to visit San Quentin Friday and was expected to share more with them.
Instructor Douglas Arnwine gives back papers to his students with comments during a Mount Tamalpais College English course called Cosmopolitan Fictions at San Quentin State Prison, April 12, 2022 in San Quentin. ((AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File))
Newsom has allocated $20 million for the launch of the plan.
This report was contributed by the Associated Press.
