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EPISODE · Dec 2, 2019 · 8 MIN

When California Prisons Tried To Institute Grooming Standards, Native Americans Fought Back

from KALW News San Francisco, 91.7 · host KALW News San Francisco, 91.7

There are about a hundred people in San Quentin state prison who identify as Native American. One of those people is Eldridge Leigh Yazzie. He's Navajo and has been incarcerated for 27 years. Native Americans like Yazzie have the right to practice their spirituality in prison. But sometimes the rules of prison conflict with their spiritual practices.

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