San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. Last year, the governor announced that it would transform the prison into a state-of-the-art rehab center — and now, the transformation is underway. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Jodi Hernandez, who toured the prison, for some insight.

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. The California Department of Corrections has now begun transferring death row inmates to other prisons across the state to comply with voter approved Proposition 66.

San Quentin’s infamous death row is facing its own death sentence. The California Department of Corrections has now begun transferring death row inmates to other prisons across the state to comply with voter approved Proposition 66. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Big changes are coming to San Quentin starting this spring, when demolition work starts on the governor’s $240 million plan to transform the notorious prison into a rehabilitation and education center.

Big changes are coming to San Quentin starting this spring, when demolition work starts on the governor’s $240 million plan to transform the notorious prison into a rehabilitation and education center.

A death row inmate at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center died over the weekend, prison officials said Wednesday.

An advisory council hand-picked by Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison. Raj Mathai speaks with Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on this.

One of the notorious prisons in the country is being transformed. Classrooms, job training, and coffee shops. Those are just some of the changes a California group is proposing to make to improve conditions inside San Quentin Prison. Scott Budman reports.

An advisory council says California Gov. Gavin Newsom should slash by at least a third the cost of his $360 million plan to build a campus with classrooms in the notorious San Quentin State Prison.

History was made at California’s oldest prison Friday.

History was made at California’s oldest prison Friday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s planned transformation of San Quentin State Prison into a rehabilitation facility after decades as the home for death row inmates is being shaped by a hand-picked advisory council that is allowed to meet in secret. The Democratic governor wants to develop California’s own take on the Scandinavian prison model that focuses on rehabilitation. Newsom wants the...

San Quentin State Prison will be transformed into a different kind of rehabilitation facility and on Wednesday, the governor’s lead advisor met with the warden, and inmates, about plans to change incarceration at the state’s oldest prison.

San Quentin State Prison will be transformed into a different kind of rehabilitation facility and on Wednesday, the governor’s lead advisor met with the warden, and inmates, about plans to change incarceration at the state’s oldest prison. Ian Cull reports.