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On 26 July 1972, three grizzled-looking men dressed uneasily in suits gave evidence at a US Senate subcommittee on prison reform. Two of the men were former inmates of some of the toughest prisons in the US \u2013 the third was the country and western singer, Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n

Cash\u2019s famous live albums recorded at Folsom Prison and San Quentin are the stuff of music legend \u2013 likely to feature on any critic\u2019s list of defining albums of the 1960s.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s much less well-known that these were only two of many prison concerts Cash played over the course of almost 30 years.<\/p>\n

Fitting the gigs in around his relentless touring schedule, the \u201cMan in Black\u201d performed for inmates all over the US, always unpaid, and in the process, became a passionate and vocal spokesman for prisoners\u2019 rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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