A few of great lifters came out of the prison system years ago -
Greg "Beetle" Lowe -
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Don Blue -

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Blue has a distinction of being a volume lifter because they didn't have enough plates in the prison where he trained. He also almost stopped lifting after a very bad shanking that left him with a bad eye. Peary Rader, who owned Ironman magazine took a shine to Blue while he was in prison, and use to speak on his behalf during those years. Peary had a fallling out with him when Blue got out and committed more crimes. Peary was a religious man, and I think he was shined on a bit by one of those "found Jesus" type stories. Alas Jesus is lost again as quick as he was found in most cases.
Jim Williams did a good bit of time -

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Joe Bradley got out, and was helped by Fred Hatfield (at about 3:20) -
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One interesting bit of prison weightlifting lore is the Meet of 1963 in Olympic Lifting, in which Jenkins Hudson defeated guest lifter Bill March, who was one of York Barbell's main lifters. He would've been an Olympic hopeful if he was out. I wish I could find some pics of the San Quentin and other teams, they were beefy guys for the times. You can read about that meet here -

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http://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2008/06/prison-postal-meet-1963.html .
Folsom's Yard 1961 -

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San Quentin's weight pile, probably 70's - early 80's (3:50 - onwards) -
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