Meet The UNCUFFED
Inside Team
Uncuffed is recorded, edited, and hosted by people in California prisons.
Inside Producers

André Davis
André Davis is an audio journalism student in the Uncuffed Program at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. He's also a GRIP training facilitator, MTC student, a husband, a father, a loyal friend, and a pro-social advocate for change. He's a reformed incarcerated person who loves his family, friends, and continues to lead by example by being of service to his community.
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Anthony Gomez
Anthony Gomez is a film producer with Forward This Productions at San Quentin. He is passionate about storytelling and sees Uncuffed as another avenue to grow and develop in. Anthony hopes to have an impact on the false narratives surrounding people that are incarcerated. He's been incarcerated since the age of 18 and knows the transformation people can have when given opportunity and empowerment.
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Brian "bf" Thames
Solano
bf thames (Brian) has come quite a long way from his ultra-strict Pentecostal upbringing to critical agnosticism. His worldview has evolved from violence as a veneer for personal insecurities to full disclosure and even self-deprecating humor in the five nonfiction books that he has written and published. A pending sixth book advocating self-reliance and better decision making in potentially dangerous encounters is on the way. Brian speaks English, French, and Spanish and is learning ASL. Brian is married to his high school sweetheart, Felicia, whom he has known for 35 years. He loves birds and dogs and plans to rescue two Great Danes when he’s released.
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Bryan Mazza
Solano
For Bryan, working for KALW and Uncuffed is a fulfillment of a childhood infatuation that spans back to him and his brothers making funny recordings in their bedroom back in Bethel Island. An avid listener to all mediums of radio, Bryan understands and appreciates a good story. Bryan is especially drawn to stories that portray people overcoming the odds and eliciting change in their lives. He likes a good underdog story. KALW has lent him a platform with which to present these stories to the public—to show the world that prison isn't necessarily a dead-end but rather a place for new beginnings for those who want to change their lives.
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Jeremy Strain
Jeremy Strain has been incarcerated for 18 years and never thought he'd be where he's at today, working with media and pro-social skills in the San Quentin Media Center. The media center has been his utopia, where's experienced growth, impact, strength, confidence, and communication. His experiences in the media center have given Jeremy the education and wisdom to to build his career dreams and goals. Aside from Uncuffed, Jeremy works with Forward This Productions. He has been apart of the rehabilitation remodeling program with Gavin Newsom, custody staff, non-profits, and visitors from all over the world. He lives by the words, "be positive, stay humble, and make impact."
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Matthew Sheppard
Matt Sheppard is a screenwriter and comedian. He is a certified GOGI coach and lead facilitator for AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project). He is the co-founder of Trendsetters, a self-help group aimed to change the culture of prisons. Matt is also an international best selling author for his contribution to Journeys to Success Vol. 7, and he teaches the success principles of Napoleon Hill. He currently writes, directs, and edits for San Quentin Television.
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Ryan Pagan
San Quentin
Ryan C. Pagan is a storyteller and multimedia producer raised in Riverside, California. He is currently the Program Lead of Forward This Productions at San Quentin. Ryan believes in changing society's perceptions of incarcerated people, and works to provide opportunities to at-risk youth. He is Uncuffed’s Inside Facilitator at San Quentin
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Vincent O’Bannon
Vincent O'Bannon is the photographer for San Quentin News, Chairman of the Big House Fitness Program, General Manager of the SQ Niners Flag Football Academy, Facilitator for AIDA (a domestic violence prevention program), and co-founder of the Concrete Rose Truck Driver Training Program. As an activist aiming to promote social justice from within, he also works as a member of San Quentin's Civic Engagement Group.
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William Harris
William Harris is an aspiring policy maker and champion for social and criminal justice reform. He graduated from the Journalism Guild at San Quentin last year and is currently attending Mount Tamalpais College. He is studying to become an investigative journalist, as well as an advocate for criminal justice reform. William's goal is to make the justice system work for everybody and to repair the community he once helped tear down.
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Alums

Anthony Ivy

Greg Eskridge

Chanton Bun

Luke Colondres

Damon Cooke

Jebadiah DeAngelis

Steve Drown

Walter "Jay" Evans

Luis Gomez

Brian Gonsoulin

Mayito Guzman

Timothy Hicks

Spoon Jackson

Orlando Johnson

Adnan Khan

Anthony King

Joe Kirk

DeWayne Locklear

Nathan McKinney

Juan Carlos Meza

JulianGlenn "Luke" Padgett

Edmond Richardson

Tommy "Shakur" Ross

Gregg Sayers

Louis A. Scott

Thanh Tran
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