San Quentin prison to undergo rehabilitation-focused transformation.

California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to transform San Quentin prison into a rehabilitation center for less-dangerous prisoners, where they will receive education, training, and rehabilitation. The facility will be renamed the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, and the more than 500 inmates serving prison sentences there will be moved elsewhere in the California penitentiary system. The move follows Newsom's 2019 moratorium on executions and dismantling of the prison's gas chamber, as well as his 2022 announcement that some inmates would be moved from San Quentin to other prisons. The plan is inspired by Norway's approach to incarceration, which focuses on preparing people to return to society and reducing recidivism.