The morning of Dec. 7, 2018 started out like many days for the Trinity Valley Cardinal basketball team; loading a bus to travel together. However, this trip took them to a different type of basketball court.
Just before 10 a.m., the bus arrived at the H.H. Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, one of the largest maximumsecurity prisons in the state of Texas. The Coffield Unit houses more than 4,000 male inmates, on a 20,000-acre piece of property.
The look of anxiety was evident on the players’ faces, as they left their belongings on the bus and went through airport-type security to enter the unit. They were greeted by prison officials, allowed to ask questions, and then toured the unit before they enjoyed their pre-game meal in the officer’s dining room. Following a meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and bread prepared by inmates, they faced off in a half-court game with the Coffield inmates as their opponents.
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