Jewish lifer who helped 1,500 inmates earn degrees freed from prison after 38 years

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From The Jewish News of Northern California

Sentenced to life for murder, he has helped 1,500 fellow inmates earn degrees
BY ALIX WALL | MARCH 22, 2018

Prisoner C27182 walks toward me in his blue prison uniform at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. James A. White Jr. is easy to spot, with his distinctive long white beard and hair — he recently cut off his ponytail to donate to Locks of Love — and is something of a legend in the state penal system, where he has been locked up for 37 years serving life without parole for murder…

 

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