El Cano T and his fans
Here in the belly of the beast, life is either totally chaotic or so monotonous that you can feel each second slip by. To find some peace and pass the time, some guys get into arts and crafts, others play basketball or lift weights and still others spend their time in the prison law library, trying to fight their cases. Every federal prison also has a group of convicts that hold it down in the band room. The equipment is ancient and you can bet nobody is getting a record deal, but you can write and practice music, and even play shows for the rest of the inmate population. Here are a few bands that put their work in at FCI Gilmer, a medium to high federal prison in the foothills of West Virginia.
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