SAN QUENTIN – As crime rates decline and prison recidivism rates reach record lows, Governor Gavin Newsom visited the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center to meet with attendees at the third annual San Quentin Film Festival, the nation’s first in-prison film festival, and highlight California’s approach to public safety.

California’s strategies make communities safer by combining strong law enforcement and accountability with prevention, victim services, rehabilitation and opportunities for people leaving prison to build productive lives — leading to record-low crime and recidivism rates, the lowest in recent history.