An advisory panel hand-picked by Governor Gavin Newsom is continuing to work on a $360 million dollar renovation of San Quentin. And it's doing so in secret, all thanks to a deal that state lawmakers signed off on.

The plan is to turn the prison into a rehabilitation facility. Why are all the talks going on behind closed doors?

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.