California department of corrections & rehabilitation
Pickleball was the name of the game as filmmakers for the documentary Pickleball in Prison visited six prisons across California in November. The crew includes cinematographer Vicente Franco, Ray Day for sound, and producer Daniel Ostroff who are filming pickleball instructor Roger Belair.
To teach the incarcerated population how to play pickleball, Belair and the team visited:
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo
California State Prison, Corcoran
Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla
Valley State Prison in Chowchilla
and the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran…