Read previewUsually, when "chicken hindquarters" is on the dinner menu at San Quentin, it's good news. Four men serving sentences at San Quentin say dozens of prisoners were sickened, and some 2,000 were subjected to a week of lockdown to prevent any illness from spreading. The four men who spoke to Business Insider told similar stories. Gavin Newsom announced the facility's "transformation" from San Quentin State Prison into San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, empowering an advisory council comprised of community leaders, prison staff, and program leaders to come up with recommendations to improve conditions. A spokesperson for the California Correctional Health Care Services issued this statement on Tuesday:Advertisement"We are currently investigating cases of a potential gastrointestinal illness at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

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Persons: —, Aaron Ramzy, it's, Ramzy, Luis Sigueras, Marty Zahorik, Zahorik, I've, there's, Gavin Newsom, I'm, CCHCS Organizations: Service, Business, California Correctional Health Care Services, Block, Marin General Hospital, Gov, Quentin Rehabilitation Center, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center Locations: San Quentin, Quentin, California, Marin