all they have to do is come to the journalism guild to get lessons on writings and they can be given stories. so you just have to show a willingness to do it and pick up the skills? yeah. okay. are these computers connected to the internet? heck no. i wish. we have berkeley students that do research for us. we come up with the ideas and they gave us the information and all the support we need. so, it s basically the old-school internet people. people. [ laughter ] there s nothing about the way these guys are working that s says this is a hobby or just a way it pass time. at first glance, seems like san quentin is taking this rehab thing seriously. all right. i like wait kamau comes to work. that s right. hey, kamau, know any spirituals? swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home we got married after college.
meeting. this is where the magic happens. okay, all right. any inmate that wants to write for san quentin news, all they have to do is come to the journalism guild to get lessons on writings and they can be given stories. so you just have to show a willingness to do it and pick up the skills? yeah. okay. are these computers connected to the internet? heck no. i wish. we have berkeley students that do research for us. we come up with the ideas and they gave us the information and all the support we need. so, it s basically the old-school internet people. people. [ laughter ] there s nothing about the way these guys are working that s says this is a hobby or just a way to pass time. at first glance, seems like san quentin is taking this rehab thing seriously. all right. i like wait kamau comes to work. that s right. hey, kamau, know any spirituals? swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home
yeah. but it don t seem to be that way. it should be incentive. you should get out sooner. if you can complete programs and get past checkpoints and be rehabilitated, because once you re rehabilitated, you have the potential to be an asset to society. america s a country that likes to give people second chances, but for some reason, prisoners aren t given second chances. you get defined by the worst moment of your life. yeah. it was time for rashawn to take me to meet the staff at the san quentin news. this is where i work. with a press run of 13,000, the newspaper is distributed to 18 other prisons in california, and it is also one of the few papers in the world to be run by prisoners that can be read by people on the outside. everybody s got it for the meeting. this is where the magic happens. okay, all right. any inmate that wants to write for san quentin news, all they have to do is come to the journalism guild to get lessons on writings and they can start