Tennis at San Quentin Prison
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- San Quentin prison sits on a secluded bay just north of San Francisco and inside the walls hosts the largest death row population in the United States. But for it's general population, San Quentin has been a pioneer at using sports programs to aid in rehabilitation. Perhaps its most notable is the tennis program, with a full tennis court sitting right in the middle of a notorious prison yard. We spent a morning with the inmates to experience a truly unique sports culture.
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Awesome, very inspiring, any tennis players check this out.
Very heart warming story. There are still decent noble people in this world like those tennis players who come to coach the inmates.
PPPSSSHHHH you make me sick. So one of those guys robs and assaults/kills your loved ones, then how do you feel? You're just as bad as them. You belong with them.
Ocean James Maybe you should read his post one more time, he was not talking about the inmates being decent noble people.
Ocean James I have more animosity and hatred for violent criminals than you and yet I still have compassion and sense to realize that some people are dealt a bad hand and do bad things. Some kids are born into bad families, communities and grow up hungry. Some are molested and become sociopaths as a result. You sound like you have little empathy and to me you seem just like the prisoners seem to you. As an empath I'm always amazed at the harshness of you "normals" You are unaware of the damage you do. If you never hurt anyone or did anything wrong then feel free to judge people as much as you like.
Kollin011 Sorry for my lack of empathy, really, let me apologize for not understanding what it's like to tie an 80 year old couple together and beat them to death for outdated electronics. You are a scumbag and you look like you have done your fair share of hard time.
Ocean James Oh I see you're a troll. Nice one you had me going.
sadly too short. I would have liked to see more...keet it going Vice!
It's nice to see what tennis can do for all kinds of people.
4:50 “OF COURSE.. IMA TENNIS PLAYER!”Hahah I like that.
Homeboy has a gum wrapper as a grill... Legit
xSnowmanx18 yo wtf is that shit?! lmfao
i still do that shit in high school XD
+The Bad Apple ur lame lol
My uncle is the “LIFER” down for 29years... HE WAS RELEASED 3 MONTHS AGO!! Doing excellent with TWO jobs ! That was so cool to see him on your vid! He has a truly amazing life story! Going to convince him to write a book! STAY TUNED!
I played tennis with him in 2015. Glad to hear he got out. Tell him Rick the white guy that was Black’s doubles partner when the collages came in says hello.
Beautiful feature, doing a journalists job, giving a voice to those who don’t have one.
As a tennis player, this restored my faith in humanity
Thank you Vice
This makes me so happy. We're figuring out that the way we make a better world is by helping individuals and bringing them together through commonality in human love for exercise, fun, and competition.
"Is your serve foo."
this is how prisons should work put the people who work hard to get better with good people and theyll do better. keep them with a bunch of horrible people trying to live in violence 24/7 and they wont get any better just get dragged down and become another statistic
As a former C/O myself, I fully support this idea. Is all about keeping them out of your hair. I think they should also let them have cats and dogs, to some degree also. Anything you can do to lower the tension on the yard.
We spent a morning with the inmates of San Quentin prison to experience a truly unique sports culture.
Love u Vice.
Peter Garcia love u peter
I love u too zomgaskill
VICE Sports the “LIFER” down for 29years is my uncle .. he was RELEASED 3 months ago! Doing extremely well back in society!
VICE Sports thanks VICE Sports! .... a very inspiring story
Great episode!!
Incredible how tennis can shape your reality bring people closer together.
1:27 damn poor dude got his handshake yeeted..
Perfect example of how sports can have a positive effect on people. Great work Vice!
love this documentary
I love tennis. Pretty neat story.
I love tennis and I love people changing for the better
That yard looks more like an outdoor sports complex than a prison. Not a bad way to serve a sentence with a game of tennis everyday. You almost feel like you're at a high school or college track. All for the better. This is like Special Olympics, only this time for inmates. It's nice to see all these convicts get rehabilitated through sports. It gives them an opportunity to still discover talents and what they can do after where they initially made a brush with the law.
there is only 1 court, for how many guys? but you are right is nice thou. they are playing good, too :)
sport brings people together..
3:40 "when we come on the court, we embrace each other because we love the game..."
Jeez... at 5:20 Mark is using a Wilson Juice. Same racket I use! Very cool. Pretty expensive too, these guys take their tennis seriously!
Wilson juice is for bunny players
Are you telling me that if I want to afford to play tennis, I just have to go to jail?
Im a daily player like you and started in High School. Tennis a very fun and competitive sport and don't know where my life would be without it. Good job Corrections how sport and tennis can rehab and create comradery. Keep hitting brothers.
So necessary the draconian prison system is so disturbing
There's a prison in Toronto that I don't think is in use any more, but they used to make an ice rink in the yard and have a guards vs prisoners hockey game every winter.
WTF?! you see that dap denial @1:27?
+betotrono
He had a bottle of water in his right hand. He switched it to the left but by then it looks like the subject was changed
That denial was criminal
yup
+Biggins
pompous, stuck up, privileged university kid
Yeah I was looking for a comment that said this 😂😂
This is an amazing story ❤️
This is a great story in my opinion.
Shoutout to Tennis for being a bro
I can't get over how great this is. No shit someone who is in prison with nothing to do will go crazy and likely end up back in prison. We need more shit like this.
The tennis courts are a nice addition to some of the best real estate in CA.
Thanks for the Tennis love.
Where's miklo? And La Onda?
La onda dont get privileges milk weed
"They be fuckin in San quinton"
12 KUHLWHIP 12 Get Hard
Those are some nice tennis rackets... Pro Staff, BLX Juice, etc.
Nice story we need this for all prisons
This was excellent
I'd rather them play tennis than gang up against each other.
a wonderful game it is.. back to back Vermont Open Champ..
This will be some of the toughest tennis players in the world
1:52....dude was playing with a broken arm??
My dad was there when they put that Tennis Court in San Quentin, thats where he learned how to play 🎾
Hey vice! What about basketball in prison? A documentary about that would be cool. I bet there's some really good ballers doing time.
+alexbballboy the whole point is you wouldn't expect tennis to be popular in prison, but its bringing people who would normally not want anything to do with each other together. If the stereotypes of prison basketball are true it does the exact opposite
Well I don't know about basketball in prison, so I don't know the stereotypes. Witch is why it would be cool to learn more about how it works, and the players, etc.. It obviously wouldn't be like this tennis doc.
The most fights on the yard is caused by basketball lol
thats what I kinda assumed lol
Having a tennis team in prison as a tennis team coach in prison will have the number one team we will play all the other prisons and conference championships
Why does the thumbnail look like Lavar Ball? 😂
Really really incredible speechless
inspiring
This is really cool I'm 12 and I've been playing tennis for 7 years
5:29 to 5:48.. some of the truest words ever spoken....
At 1.29 the tennis player rejects the hand of the inmate. Just an observation not a judgment!
whiteflange I saw that too.
Wtf is he doing there if he doesn't respect them enough to shake hands.
BlackSwoldier o he has a water bottle in one hand and a tennis ratchet in the other. Respect, why are they due respect, hes giving them his time and a privilege to learn about the game. they seem to be getting along, but your to judgmental to notice that.
whiteflange It seems like it may have been some kind of a joke or something. They both kind of laugh it off. It didn't look like there were any bad feelings there.
whiteflange He did not reject the handshake. The inmate raised his hand, then the player tried to switch his bottle to the left hand to make room for the shake, but the inmate changed his gestures. It was too late to for the white guy to return the love.
shout out to tennis
These men are very articulate. I bet they spent a lot of time reading good books before they got these tennis courts installed
As a foreigner, i have to say this prison is placed in a very picturesque location. Someone will pay a good price for this spot. Can't believe they just up and decide lets build a prison by the ocean where no tenants got to see. Why?
Yeah Kaj! Santa Cruz represent!
RCCF WE had tennis. Iowa
They should teach 'em other stuff too like baseball, soccer, cricket, etc
Bob Renalds ..those games may result to gang brawls... tennis is safe
why at 1:27, does his daps get rejected? are they not allowed to make contact with inmates?
3:11 looks like charles wes morlin from prison break
This is cool
Well done
Dope episode
i personally was sent to psychiatric ward fifteen years ago...really need criminology restorative justice
Jetro willems on the copa90 youtube channel
I hope that black guy, got out of prison.
+Kendall Hughes man youre dumb, like why did you have to say "that black guy" you coulve described him by what he said. and also there were like a ton of people so which one do you mean?
+Tristan Thornton calling a black person black is an insult?. this is my final response to your stupidity .
+Slade54 Ubermen I never said it was an insult.dont twist my words. all I did was recommend a better way of describing somebody instead of by their race when there is a lot of people of every race in the episode.
Tristan Thornton shut up yo
I'm not being racist by simply stating a obvious fact, I am black and I wouldn't call someone dumb for realizing my skin complexion. Tristan Thornton guess 99% of people in America are dumb, for saying we have a Black President.
If you want to know more about life on the inside at san quentin I suggest you listen to the podcast Ear Hustle
This is good!
Best prison ever
Is this where ***** went to jail?
Isn't alcatraz older? @0:22
That diznee poster tho..
A tournament of tennis in prison where the top 3 winners get released early or shorten their years
This is like shawshank redemption
What about the one's that don't get to play Tennis?
So when Mandela said: support has the power to change...! He meant everyone
In California?? Probably one of the most infamous prisons in the world
The number one team in the number one player will have an opportunity to be released from prison on a special program
4:51 the most inspiring part of it 👏🍑
Brio Brio that's how they jack off in prison
1:28 why didn’t he shake his hand
Am I tripping or does the Crip Shotcaller have a foil grill!?
Dude I'll go to prison to play tennis 24 / 7 that would be a dream come true wow take me in please
Stop it smh
AT 1:30 O BOY DIDN'T WANT TO SHAKE HIS HAND N JUST TURNED IT DOWN
What no shuffleboard and snorkeling?
I'm kinda interested in hearing about how guys like the one who got his GED and all that do once they get out. i remember reading that most prisoners that have served so much time that they know nothing else besides the prison life so revert back. I just feel like I would give that guy a shot
They fucking in San Quentin
I posted my last post before I even seen them talk about the race difference
"I miss my family" so does that guy you killed
That guy he killed is dead though.
NEO Can't tell if troll or just stupid?
Max Renauldo A little bit of both.. but think about it you said ""I miss my family" so does that guy you killed " the guy he killed is dead and its the other way around his family misses him.
+NEO unless he a zombie
Max Renauldo It's a great day. Shame the man you murdered hasn't seen any at all for the last 7000.
American prisons should be for profit, but instead of being paid per imprisoned prisoner, they should be paid per rehabilitation. Show that your establishment does what it is supposed to do and you get paid, just like any other job in the world.
Tennis teaching jobs and coaches through the federal government through federal prisons or possibly
Glad i work my ass off everyday, so that these guys can have some nice new tennis raquets.
sleuth 2077 everyday? My bro,you should find a job where you can at least get Sundays off.
Tennis begins with L🎾VE!
Do they get tea and crumpets too?
By showing the desire to make a change just showing improvement and making the team and then to go on and win the championships will get you an opportunity for to be released from prison through the president United States through setting up a special program we can set up an initiative programs for early release people who are show that they have the desire to change as a person
I thought prison was supposed to be punishment
anyone else see Lavar Ball in the thumbnail?
A lot we can do to make the criminal justice system a transformative system of reform and rehabilitation, each individual has tremendous power in changing themselves
they fuckin in San Quentin
you guys saying "thats not punishment they have to pay for their crimes" have it completely all wrong. First off, tennis does not offset the fact that their in a dangerous maximum security prison for years, their paying for their crimes. The point of these sports programs is to help keep them occupied which help keeps them from going crazy, which help keeps them from assaulted inmates and most importantly STAFF. Thats why the guards are all for these sports programs, it helps keep them ALIVE. Want to go back to the days of prison riots in the 70s and 80s where prisoners killed guards and took hostages because of that "put em on an assembly line and punish them" mentality? The guards that work there certainly don't.
+arrestmeimwhite The whole point of putting someone in a max security prison is to deprive them of access to all the good things they'd have in the free world, both as a form of punishment and as a form of shielding society from them. Tennis _does_ offset the fact that they are in prison. Bringing into prison the freedoms that you took from them when you jailed them makes their serving time completely pointless. Might as well just leave them out, since they are no longer experiencing the negative aspects of imprisonment. Not to mention the dangers of this apparent rationale of appeasement. They are violent criminals and must be treated as such. If giving them tennis is a way to keep them from breaking things, then I regret to say that the state is bowing down to racketeers. As for the guards fearing for their lives, I thought this was a "max security" prison, meaning prisoners don't have much leeway with regards to anything, including activities that could endanger guards...