California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform San Quentin State Prison, a facility in the San Francisco Bay Area known for maintaining the highest number of prisoners on death row in the country
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“Today, we take the next step in our pursuit of true rehabilitation, justice, and safer communities through this evidenced-backed investment, creating a new model for safety and justice — the California Model — that will lead the nation,” Newsom said in a statement.Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in 2019, butDeath sentences in California have declined over the years, and the state last executed an inmate in 2006.
San Quentin is California’s oldest correctional institution. It houses one maximum-security cell block, a medium-security dorm and a minimum-security firehouse. It historically housed the state’s only gas chamber, though Newsom had it dismantled several years ago. Most male death row inmates are still in San Quentin, but some have already been transferred.
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