Tag: San Quentin
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Tue Jun 09, 2009 at 08:56:00 AM EST
Tags: San Quentin (all tags)
Posted on Tue Jun 09, 2009 at 08:56:00 AM EST
Tags: San Quentin (all tags)
The inmates are opposed to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to consider selling San Quentin to earn money for the state.
They live two inmates to a 4-by-9-foot cell. And it's fine with them. Why? The opportunities for learning and rehabilitation.
One inmate says:
"Some places you go for punishment," said inmate John Taylor, a catcher for the prison baseball team, the San Quentin Giants. "Here, it's more rehabilitation. I just don't know why the governor would want to shut us down."
Taylor's job at the prison: cutting weeds. He says:
"This is the first place visitors see when they come in," he said. "We want it to look good."
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