AS BERNARD “RAHEEM” BALLARD stood behind the podium inside of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s chapel, the incarcerated man was greeted by a loud standing ovation.
He was attending the first-ever film festival inside of a prison. The crowd had just learned that he was found suitable for parole after serving 22 years.
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