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| A former SLO inmate draws on real-life experiences for his role in the Web series 'Solitary' |
| By santamariasun.com- Joe Payne |
| Published: 07/17/2014 |
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Every day in California and the rest of the country, throughout state and federal prisons, thousands of individuals are being held in solitary confinement. An inmate can be removed from the general population for a variety of reasons, and can end up spending months, years, and even decades alone in the tiny cells. “Solitary confinement in this country is just amazingly brutal and primitive and unthinkable,” said Deborah Tobola, the founding director of the Poetic Justice Project and former Arts in Corrections director at the California Men’s Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo. “I mean, people are kept in cells 23 hours a day, with one hour to shower and walk around.” Tobola worked at CMC in San Luis Obispo starting in 2000, when Arts in Corrections was still a funded program. She retired before Arts and Corrections was de-funded in 2010, and she started the Poetic Justice Project, which produces live theater with casts composed of formerly incarcerated performers. Read More. |
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