Legacy Creates Alliance With San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Legacy Recordings has entered into a multi-phased agreement with San Quentin state prison that will incorporate music and education into the lives of inmates.
The company will donate supplies to the prison, including CDs and DVDs, audio and video equipment, and informative sessions for inmates.
In the first phase of the agreement, Legacy will establish a music and video library by donating various genres of music and videos. The CDs will be available for inmates to check out, and the DVDs will be viewed through the prison’s closed-circuit television system.
The second phase is expected to include donations of audio and video equipment to benefit the prison’s education department for its vocational programs. The equipment will also benefit the Art in Corrections Program at the facility, which provides instruction in music, writing, drama, sculpture and painting. The programs are intended to give inmates the chance to learn self-discipline, problem solving and personal introspection.
The final phase of the outreach program involves celebrity and community participation, including a proposed concert. In addition, master classes and speakers will provide musical insight and technical discussions about the music industry.
The alliance between San Quentin and Legacy emerges simultaneously with the release of a new box set of Johnny Cash recordings. Cash performed at San Quentin in 1969 because he believed that music belongs to everyone, even maximum-security prisoners.
