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Johnny Morales at New Folsom Prison on May 7, 2026. Sentenced to death in 2005, Morales lived in isolation at San Quentin’s condemned housing until Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 moratorium on state executions, which led to his transfer to a lower-security prison environment, where he participates in rehabilitative programs and trains with the Peer Literacy Mentor Program to help provide education and reduce recidivism through restorative justice.
Brian L. Frank
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CalMatters/CatchLight
Most condemned California prisoners will never be released, but some of them gained new opportunities after Gov. Newsom suspended the death penalty.
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