Christopher F. Rufo

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Watching Porn on California’s Death Row

Under Gavin Newsom, state prisoners are turning taxpayer-funded tablets into personal sex machines.

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May 13, 2026
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Under Governor Gavin Newsom, California has sought to transform its massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred condemned prisoners to facilities across the state, dismantled San Quentin State Prison’s death row, and turned the notorious prison into a therapeutic center,…

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