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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 ...
‘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 ...
Bay Area's oldest prison is getting a Scandinavian makeover
California’s oldest and most infamous prison, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, is undergoing a groundbreaking transformation into a Nordic-inspired rehabilitation hub. Spearheaded by Gov. Gavin ...
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With tears and tail wags, San Quentin inmates reunite with puppies they raised into service dogs
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be ...
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'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000
In early 2020, Albert Jones was sitting in his cell on San Quentin's death ... inmates fell sick as COVID-19 swept through San Quentin State Prison's east block, the crowded warren of concrete ...
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With tears and tail wags, San Quentin inmates reunite with the service dogs they raised
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin's prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service ...