Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) $360 million plan to transform the notorious San Quentin prison is sparking outrage from critics who claim the Democrat is holding secret meetings with no oversight and purposely keeping the public in the dark.
Republican lawmakers and prison advocates have teamed up to demand more transparency on the mystery multimillion-dollar effort to remake the prison into a rehabilitation center with a college-like setting, complete with a student union and a coffee shop for inmates.
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Brian Kaneda of CURB, a criminal justice reform coalition, called spending so much on new prison infrastructure “a step in the wrong direction.”
Newsom hand-picked a 21-member advisory council in June to help shape the new facility’s design. Members include senior officials from San Quentin as well as top…
