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Bingo and bonds at Virginia prison camp
In Gratton Virginia inmates at Camp 31 share a monthly bingo session with Retired and Senior Volunteers, monitored by Superintendent Kathleen Bassett and two officers. William Farthing, serving a sentence for drug charges, stays in the unit while 88 year old Sam Clemons plays. Volunteers return each month for more than 25 years, aiding both groups in a unique, humanity driven program.
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Gratton
Virginia Department of Corrections
William Farthing
Sam Clemons
Clemons
Clinch Valley
Farthing
Tazewell Correctional Unit Camp 31
Camp
Kathleen Bassett
Bassett
Derica Saunders
Roanoke
Pearl Frost
Frost
Bill
William
Cedar Bluff
Linda Hayes
Camp 21
Hayes