Journal of today’s activities:
LA County Sheriff Deputy, Dave Bates, joining Carole and me for dinner after he guest lectured at SFSU.
Today Dave Bates, a leader from the LA County Sheriff’s Department, honored my class at San Francisco State by visiting as a guest lecturer. As a senior deputy, Dave had enormous insight into how America’s largest jail system operates. He’s an innovative leader, too, as Dave spearheaded the famed MERIT program inside the LA County Sheriff’s Department. It’s a program that he designed to change the hearts and the minds of people in custody. I really appreciated his taking the time to share his wisdom. As always, our students impressed me with their questions and commitment to learning more about how our criminal justice system operates. Teaching at SFSU is a highlight of my return to society. But I’m especially thrilled with leaders from law-enforcement come to our class and share their knowledge. Teaching future criminal justice leaders is part of my three-pronged approach to ending mass incarceration. I’m grateful to Dave Bates for joining me in this endeavor today. Earlier in the day, I also met Cassidy Friedman, a documentary filmmaker who is doing amazing work by filming men inside of Soledad State Prison and documenting their return to society as well. I had a full day of working to reform our nation’s prison system.
- Days since my release from 26 years in federal prison: 192
- Miles run today: 10.8
- Miles run this week: 55.7
- Miles run this month: 154.5
- Miles run in 2014: 430.63
- Miles I need to run to reach my 2,400-mile running goal for 2014:
- Number of miles I’m ahead of schedule or behind schedule: 95.56
- Today’s Weight: 165