Word: latson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prisoners was evidenced when we read it aloud to a Synanon meeting in the cave at the prison. Recognition for doing the right thing was a new experience for most of these men, whose only recognition formerly was based on the outrageousness of their crimes. CANDY LATSON Reno...
Such a one is Candy Latson, 26, a Houston-born Negro who started using dope when he was 15. He has twice done time in Los Angeles County jail. "I got to the honor camp once there. I went in clean, but I came out hooked again," he says. Through Synanon, Candy learned insight: "I kept telling myself I had four strikes against me: I had only a seventh-grade education, I was black. I was a dope addict, and I had a record. I was using my misfortunes for an excuse to keep using dope." Last week Candy Latson...