Gov. Newsom tells San Quentin inmates the prison will be transformed

The governor visited California's oldest prison to announce plans to transform the big house into a rehabilitation-focused facility. Wilson Walker reports. (3-17-23)

[RatTerminator]

Release them in Newsoms neighborhood!!

[wadeokaysguitar]

Guys really tryna get the inmates votes now 😂

[LuxuryIncorp]

There’s no point in teaching them these skills when you don’t offer them a job in this career type outside of prison or offer them a degree for the majority of workplaces that require that to show them you have knowledge in that criteria

[garyselders]

Isn't this what prisons were supposed to do anyway ?

[Bbbuddy]

Here’s an idea: Break the teacher unions’ stranglehold on Black education so our kids can develop job skills and won’t have to become inmates.

[okamisan]

Those guys haven’t even paid for their time crimes yet. All they do is trade ass for cigarettes and make nachos out of stuff you couldn’t feed a dog.

[mendoblendo]

America has such a need for
Plumbers
Welders
CDL drivers
Electricians
Heavy equipment operators.
Give these guys a trade/skill set I bet 80% of them will never come back to prison

[RoninShinobi]

As if we didn't already had a big enough crime problem...

[millionsofmarks]

I bet once they come out, they are going to use those skills to do more crime. Lol.

[mendoblendo]

Great idea to offer these guys trades i fully support this.
Make it so they can get jobs in that trade once they are released.
Offer trades such as
Welding
Plumbing
Electrical
CdL school

[dirnnroot]

Won’t do anything if employers won’t try to hire any of them 🙄

[kayvee]

Murderers, rapists and killers are what Newsom is concerned about. Now lets talk about the victims of these thugs.

[m_recon]

So he kills your daughter, he goes to prison and gets to have a great time there, got it, no punishment.

[judithmitchell-toth]

This was so smart of Governor Newsome to do!! So proud of this!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[mikewilson]

Give them all five million dollar and let them out, and they will all behave themselves.

[jimburley]

I'M NOT BLUE AND I DON'T LIKE THIS GOVERNOR - BUT, LET'S TRY THIS! LET'S GIVE IT A CHANCE!

[USABeauboy]

Absolutely foolish and unwise. Rapists and murderers should never be let out. FYI you realize that criminals in prison appear to behave well BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOUNDARIES FORCED ON THEM. Even a monster will appear ok or nice behind bars. The problem is when they're released to the public and their innate malevolent nature and psychopath personality are freed - more harm will be unleashed on innocent citizens. This program should be only for minor carefully selected individuals who do not pose harm and crimes are minor. Psychologists and psychiatrists need to screen this IF it actually happens.

[russellscala]

Newsom should be joining them in prison.

[deplorable]

Don't ever compare Scandinavian people to our people here, lol

[jillh]

The man who took my daughter's life is in San Quentin. I plan to go there soon. At first, I was very against rehabilitation for people who have taken a life, but at this point, if people are going to get out eventually, then yes, we absolutely need to get on board with rehabilitation! Two-thirds of those released reoffend so then we have a whole another round of victims out there that could have been prevented if instead of them using their time to just sit in there they could actually be doing something productive to change who they were.