California prison program trains addiction counselors
Right before the graduates strode in to the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance,” their jail blues peeking out from below their gowns, correctional officer John Janvrin encouraged them not to rush. “Remember fellas, you labored true really hard for this. True really hard,” Janvrin reminded the incarcerated gentlemen as they lined up in a back room, reread their notes, set their bow ties and modified the gold tassels bobbing from their mortarboards. The songs began to engage in. “Don’t wander…
