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Uncuffed: Pickleball

Published October 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM PDT
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A San Quentin resident just wasn’t fast enough to take on Warden Ron Broomfield (in black) and then-acting warden Oak Smith in the prison’s inaugural pickleball tournament. The event brought together unlikely teammates as incarcerated players and prison staff joined forces in a day of fun and fitness, a harbinger of the future of rehabilitation.
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A San Quentin resident just wasn’t fast enough to take on Warden Ron Broomfield (in black) and then-acting warden Oak Smith in the prison’s inaugural pickleball tournament. The event brought together unlikely teammates as incarcerated players and prison staff joined forces in a day of fun and fitness, a harbinger of the future of rehabilitation.

A new game comes to the San Quentin yard, and for the first time, correctional officers and staff shared the court with the incarcerated people. In the first episode of Uncuffed Season 3, producers share an unusual step toward changing prison culture — it involves nets, sweatbands, and paddles.

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