San Quentin prison, home to many serious offenders, fosters a unique environment centered on accountability and rehabilitation. Prosecutors like L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman engage in open dialogues with inmates such as Marlon Arturo Melendez, who acknowledges his past while striving for personal growth. This innovative approach helps inmates take responsibility for their actions, promoting positive change and hope for the future. Governor Gavin Newsom advocates for this 'California Model' as a standard for incarceration across the state, aiming to redefine how prisons operate in California.
Inside San Quentin, this kind of interaction between inmates and guests isn't unusual. For decades, the prison by the Bay has been doing incarceration differently.
Creating that culture is a theory and practice of imprisonment that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make the standard across the state. He's dubbed it the California Model.
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