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California Spending Big To Turn Notorious Prison Into Cushy ‘Rehab Center’ With Grocery Store, Podcast Studio

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April 1, 2025 at 12:15 pm
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California officials are moving forward with a costly multi-hundred million dollar renovation to the San Quentin State Prison that seeks to transform the penitentiary into a Scandinavian-style “rehab center” featuring amenities including food trucks and a podcast studio.

The remodeling is expected to cost taxpayers about $239 million, and prisoners at the facility will be able to enjoy things like an on-site café, grocery store, television production studio, and more, according to the Chronicle. California announced in 2023 that the state would be transforming the notorious prison into the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center “with the goal to bring transformational programmatic, cultural and physical change that can serve as a symbol of hope and change.”

Construction on the prison is ongoing, and officials are expecting it to be completed sometime in January 2026, according to the Chronicle. Prisoners will begin using the remodeled site several months after construction concludes.

The underlying idea behind the remodeling is to prepare convicts for life after prison, the Chronicle reported. State officials are hoping that the San Quentin transformational model is one that can eventually be replicated at other correctional facilities across the state.

Notably, the Aryan Brotherhood — a white supremacist prison gang — was first established at San Quentin, and other gangs are known to have a significant presence at the prison. As part of the transformation, San Quentin’s security level dropped from “maximum” to “medium,” meaning that the inmates it will host will generally be less dangerous or inclined to attempt escape.

While some Democrats in California are celebrating the prison reform as a progressive step forward, many family members and advocates of crime victims are livid that convicts — rather than victims — are set to benefit from the state’s largesse, according to the Chronicle. Supporters of the transformation initiative are envisioning a Scandinavian-style criminal justice system in which convicts are prepared for life after prison while incarcerated.

“The initiative’s goal is creating safer communities and a better life for all Californians, by breaking cycles of crime for the incarcerated population, while improving workplace conditions for institution staff,” Todd Javernick, a spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told the Chronicle.

The progressive prison reform project seems to be at odds with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent effort to rebrand himself despite his left-wing record as California’s governor as rumors swirl that he is preparing to run for the presidency in 2028.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not respond to a request for comment.

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