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From prisoner to Pulitzer finalist, Rahsaan Thomas writes his redemption tale

Culture

From San Quentin to a Pulitzer nod, Rahsaan ‘New York’ Thomas tracks his redemption tale on the Life in Seven Songs podcast.

It’s now more expensive than ever to keep someone locked up in a California prison

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The state’s spending per inmate jumped during the pandemic and has continued to increase despite recent cost-cutting moves.

Friendlier prison guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s advisers want them at San Quentin

California correctional officers train like ‘they are going to war’ to work in state prisons. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin could require a kinder approach.

Newsom’s $360M plan to remake San Quentin prison should be cut, his own advisory group says

Advisory group says $120M of the plan should pay for housing improvements for inmates and officers. 

Bay area cop-turned-serial-killer on death row in San Quentin dies

The San Francisco native, who had been on death row at the facility, had lost his last appeal to his case in 2013.

San Quentin State Prison

From prisoner to Pulitzer finalist, Rahsaan Thomas writes his redemption tale

It’s now more expensive than ever to keep someone locked up in a California prison

Friendlier prison guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s advisers want them at San Quentin

Newsom’s $360M plan to remake San Quentin prison should be cut, his own advisory group says

Bay area cop-turned-serial-killer on death row in San Quentin dies