San Quentin Prison And School Choice
By TERENCE P. JEFFREY When I was a boy, I spent some time inside San Quentin State Prison and got to know a few of the inmates there.The San Rafael Little League played its games in that prison and a group of inmates known as “trustees” umpired them.The grounds of San Quentin were considerably larger than the high-walled facility where the worst prisoners were kept — and the trustees who umpired our games did not live behind those walls. They lived instead, as I recall, in Quonset huts that sat west of the big lockup and south of the field where we played ball.These trustees did a remarkable job of maintaining our Little League field. The grass was always brilliant…Continue Reading