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At the age of 46, Eddie Arredondo, a prisoner at San Quentin State Prison, thought second chances were for the young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been incarcerated since I was 16\u2014juvenile hall, county jail, prison,\u201d said Arredondo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the team at Wall City Magazine\u2014the Spanish-language quarterly publication of San Quentin News\u2014\u201c[saw] something I didn\u2019t see in myself,\u201d Arredondo remembered. \u201cThey always used to tell me I had potential, even at my age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such mentor was Juan Espinosa, who enrolled in San Quentin\u2019s Spanish Journalism Guild as a prisoner and helped spearhead Wall City in 2018. \u201cMy journalism experience was basically zero,\u201d said Espinosa. But, \u201cwith the help of the other people there, I began writing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before long, Espinosa was reporting, layout designing, and even recruiting for Wall City. \u201cI tried to bring people to the paper, so they could see how important we were as Spanish speakers,\u201d said Espinosa. He hoped to \u201chelp those who had no idea, like me \u2026 how a paper worked or what people did there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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uan Espinosa, who enrolled in San Quentin\u2019s Spanish Journalism Guild as a prisoner and helped spearhead Wall City in 2018, was released after 28 years on Dec. 3, 2020, and was deported to Mexico the same day. Courtesy: Juan Espinosa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That\u2019s how Espinosa met Arredondo, the two sparking an immediate rapport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Espinosa] liked the fact that I was always looking for opportunities to be of service. So, he hired me on the spot,\u201d said Arredondo. \u201cWhen I actually walked into the newsroom, it was like \u2018this is a real newspaper \u2026 [it was] the closest I\u2019ve ever been to freedom, and having a real opportunity to access so many [career] people, and a real job.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arredondo worked alongside Espinosa and Lourdes C\u00e1rdenas, who taught San Quentin\u2019s Spanish Journalism Guild class. C\u00e1rdenas was a reporter for 25 years before becoming a professor of bilingual journalism at SF State, where Berkeley professor William Drummond connected her with Wall City in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e1rdenas arrived at San Quentin with the intention of teaching journalistic \u201cwriting, reporting, interviewing [etc.].\u201d However, C\u00e1rdenas quickly realized that \u201cteaching in the prison was totally different than teaching at the college level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Illustration: Eva Moschitto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Cardenas remembered how in one of her first classes, \u201cI was explaining \u2026 how your lead should be short, and [have] short paragraphs. One of the students stopped me and said, \u2018Excuse me professor, can you say what is a paragraph?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to adapt,\u201d C\u00e1rdenas said. Many students had just an elementary or middle school education, so she taught Spanish grammar and writing in addition to the differences in news and features reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing able to write and read really makes them feel great,\u201d said C\u00e1rdenas. \u201cThey [begin to] think that they can tell their stories, they can contribute, they can tell the world things that they don\u2019t know about them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Espinosa agreed: \u201cThe program opened journalism to Spanish speakers\u2026people realized that they had so many more capabilities than they thought they did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a student, Arredondo was moved by how volunteers and advisors were \u201ccoming in, showing empathy, and caring for us. You feel like a human being. You don\u2019t feel like an animal, you know?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This visibility was especially important for incarcerated Spanish speakers. \u201cThe Spanish [speaking] community is underrepresented, and it\u2019s a big chunk of the people that are in prison right now. When can they be heard? They have voices,\u201d said Arredondo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why \u201cThe goal [of Wall City] was to try and give a voice to nuestra gente, more than anything,\u201d Espinosa explained.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Veteran journalist and SF State bilingual journalism professor Lourdes C\u00e1rdenas taught San Quentin\u2019s Spanish Journalism Guild class. Courtesy: Lourdes C\u00e1rdenas Lourdes C\u00e1rdenas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201c[The] way to keep your culture alive is through language,\u201d C\u00e1rdenas continued. \u201cYou have to understand the difference in culture [through] the language difference, [through learning] the nuances of the language.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall City also provides a space for prisoners to express the nuances of their experiences. In \u201cVi\u00f1etas\u201d from Wall City\u2019s Summer 2021 issue, Pablo Luna says \u201cextra\u00f1o la comida de mi casa, ya que mi mam\u00e1 hac\u00eda mole y carne con chile\u201d (I miss home-cooking, my mother\u2019s mole and carne con chile). In \u201cAprender a procesar el dolor\u201d by Espinosa, Gilberto L\u00f3pez laments his mother\u2019s death and remarks, \u201cEs muy dif\u00edcil en prisi\u00f3n encontrar alguien en quien confiar y que puedas expresar el dolor\u201d (It\u2019s really difficult to find someone in prison that you can confide in and express your pain to).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes it\u2019s hard for people to open up in prison, [they think] it\u2019s not good to be vulnerable,\u201d Arredondo explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of things in prison are done behind fear,\u201d Espinosa added. But \u201cif you act like a human, just a normal human being, [you learn] \u2018yeah, I don\u2019t need to come in here and act like I\u2019m invisible.\u2019\u201d By publishing prisoners\u2019 personal experiences, Wall City creates a space for honesty and authentic connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSan Quentin gives us that opportunity to express ourselves and maybe give voice to somebody else that feels related to the same stories,\u201d Espinosa said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arredondo also hoped to bring prisoners\u2019 stories to everyone \u201cwho has an interest in seeing what it is that we go through.\u201d For those who haven\u2019t personally experienced the prison system, \u201cit’s important to listen to their [prisoners\u2019] stories,\u201d C\u00e1rdenas said. \u201cIt’s important to have a different perspective. I think that helps society as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall City received support from readers, advisors and prison administration, yet publishing a paper from behind bars still proved difficult. \u201cWe [had to] find ways to find stories, to make phone calls, to use our little personal free time to keep the paper and the magazine going,\u201d Arredondo explained. The prisoners were paid 13 cents per hour as compensation for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production became even more difficult in spring 2020, when COVID-19 hit and government officials transferred hundreds of prisoners from California Institute for Men in Chino to San Quentin<\/a>. The move, intended to slow the spread of the virus, resulted in thousands of COVID-19 infections and 28 deaths at San Quentin. The prison locked down, its newsroom closed, and classes were suspended. \u201cThere is no way to do [online classes] in a prison,\u201d Lourdes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Journalism Guild paused, the paper continued. The team \u201cdidn\u2019t let the pandemic stop us from furthering our goal, which is to inform our people,\u201d Espinosa said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJuan kind of instilled that in me \u2026 [that] we\u2019re the only ones doing it, [so] we have to keep that alive,\u201d Arredondo added. \u201cJust being a part of something that was bigger than me, just knowing that, we\u2019re making a difference, we\u2019re helping others\u201d helped him push forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While COVID-19 raged on, Espinosa faced yet another setback. After serving in prison for 28 years, Espinosa was released on Dec. 3 and deported to Mexico the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even from Mexico, Espinosa maintains contact with his colleagues, \u201cand more than anything I try to ensure that the work we began continues, independently of who continues it. It\u2019s important that we don\u2019t let it die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wall City contributor Eddie Arredondo, who has been in prison since age 16, was paroled last August at the age of 46. Courtesy: Eddie Arredondo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Arredondo, who was paroled two months ago, says he got a laptop and is taking computer classes \u201cso that I can help on the news where I can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPrison was about violence and just keeping people locked up as punishment,\u201d Arredondo continued, \u201cbut if you make it about changing people, helping people, it\u2019s going to make a big positive impact. It\u2019s making an impact now [for] people like me that never had hope. I found that, after 30 years, I\u2019m free. I\u2019m going to make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e1rdenas reflected, \u201cYou have a lot of people that really give you hope that people can change and learn from their mistakes.\u201d While C\u00e1rdenas hoped that the classes will prepare prisoners for successful reintegration, she noted that \u201ceven if they don\u2019t get out, the time that they have spent there [at Wall City will be] more productive and more rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since returning to Mexico, Espinosa has seen how his experience at Wall City has helped him overcome his prejudice against others and judgement of himself. \u201cWhen you start relating with other people, they start boosting your self esteem. [You learn] you\u2019re not [just] the killer, or the rapist. You made a mistake. There is always time to redeem. How can I redeem that? By helping others, or at least by changing my behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Espinosa could send a message to his former colleagues \u201cI would tell them to continue with the enthusiasm, the desire, the dedication to bring our message to everyone who needs it. And I\u2019d tell them to consider themselves, in this moment, to consider themselves as the most important people to those who depend on them most.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Espinosa suffered an accident in January that prevented him from working, yet he remains hopeful. When asked about his plans for the future, he responded: \u201cLive the best I can \u2026 I\u2019m enjoying life, regardless of what comes.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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