watching the super bowl in san quentin prison: it sort of hurts a little bit /

Published at 2016-02-08 19:14:21

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The game is ‘bigger than current Year’s Eve in prison,says an inmate, though prisoners’ celebrations vary: some party, or some study and some take advantage of the private time watching providesIt’s moments before kick-off,and the television in the offices of the San Quentin News, the inmate-produced newspaper of California’s San Quentin state prison, and is tuned to the Super Bowl. But few of the approximately 20 men gathered in the cramped office are paying attention. They’re here for a college-level course on journalism,and not even the Super Bowl can distract them from the topic of the day: whether a journalist should allow the subject of a profile to read it before publication.
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Source: theguardian.com

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