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Prominent L.A. Musicians Share Talent and Hope with Prisoners. – Ironwood State Prison is a maximum-security prison in California in the desert area near the Colorado River and the border with Arizona. At this facility, thanks to an award-winning Tex-Mex musician and a young trio and mariachi singer, a group of inmates are finding their long sentences more bearable and have also seen racial tensions diminished. At one of the guitar classes as part of the Art in Corrections program designed by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), Ruben Tapia spoke with two teachers and several of their motivated students. This report is part of the series Arts in Corrections, sponsored by ACTA with funding from the California Arts Council.
