VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) – One day last fall, Ray Woodfork found himself being challenged to a fight by a fellow inmate half his age on the grounds of Solano State Prison.
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VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) – One day last fall, Ray Woodfork found himself being challenged to a fight by a fellow inmate half his age on the grounds of Solano State Prison.
Woodfork would have been tempted not so long ago. The Golden State Warriors have helped turn him toward a different way of thinking.
This time, the once-aspiring college basketball player, who was serving as referee for the prison football league that day, immediately made it clear he had no interest in an altercation. Woodfork said he chose to walk away and return to his dorm.
He acknowledges had he fought there’s no way he would now be part of a peer mentoring program or have a chance for the governor to review his case.