Michaela Pereira, a newcomer to Pickleball meets Pickleball coach and enthusiast Roger BelAir. After seeing a story about the Cook County Sherrif, Tom Dart wanting to make a difference in the jail house environment, this retired financial expert found inspiration. Roger envisioned pickleball as a means of teaching "life skills" in prison. On his own dime, he travelled to Chicago, rackets in hand and introduced the game to the incarcerated men. It was such a success, his program is now in prisons coast to coast - from Rikers Island to San Quentin.
MORE ON PICKLEBALL IN PRISONS:
Pickleball Magazine: pickleballmagazine.com/cover-story-2/pickleball-breaks-out-in-prisons
Documentary in the Making: http://kck.st/3Wo4x2I
San Quentin Bonds with Pickleball: https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/insidecdcr/2023/05/19/sq-bonds-over-pickleball/
USA Today article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2018/06/27/pickleball-countrys-fastest-growing-sport-also-popular-cook-county-jail/718232002/
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