Usually, when "chicken hindquarters" is on the dinner menu at San Quentin, it's good news. "It's a very popular meal in prison," Aaron Ramzy, who is incarcerated there, told Business Insider in a ...

A general view of San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., April 20, 2015. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) Share 111 Comments Listen. ... food trucks, and a self-service grocery store.

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week will announce plans to remake San Quentin, one of the state's most storied prisons, using a Scandinavian prison model that emphasizes rehabilitation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Converting a state prison into a rehabilitative center, as the Newsom administration seeks to do with San Quentin, means changing how guards do their jobs. Instead of shying ...

San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. ... "The food has been on a consistent downhill slide in the 22 years I've been here," he said.

San Quentin already home to rehab programs. San Quentin, California’s oldest prison, has a lengthy list of maintenance needs that totaled more than $1.6 billion in 2021.But it also has an award ...