Could Pickleball Help Change Prison Culture?
California’s oldest prison, San Quentin, has a new name. It’s now the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. It was already known for its college classes and arts programs. But Governor Newsom is hoping a major overhaul of the prison and new programs for everything from therapy to education and job training will be a model for prisons across the state. This week, Uncuffed, a podcast produced by incarcerated journalists at San Quentin, tells us about a moment when the wall between correctional officers and incarcerated men broke down just a little bit over something new … a game of Pickleball.
Meet the Brain Surgeon Who Once Picked Tomatoes On California Farms
Today everyone calls Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa by his nickname “Dr. Q.” The 56-year-old attended UC Berkeley and Harvard and is a leading neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic. But he started out as Freddy, a 15-year-old migrant worker from Mexico who picked tomatoes in the San Joaquin Valley. KQED health correspondent Lesley McClurg, brings us his story.