![]() In fact he later on even got a scholarship for the University of Connecticut! He had a successful college career, averaging 18 points, more than 7 rebounds and 2 steals a game. This incident would mark the turn around his life and things were only getting better. Rick Geller (the officer) decided that he was completely innocent and convinced the other officers. Luckily for him, the officer that was arresting him was level-headed enough to talk to our Caron Butler. He was going to face a minimum of 10 years in prison! ![]() Someone from the neighborhood told the police that Caron Butler was still dealing with drugs, despite Butler not being involved anymore. On January 22nd 1998, he got a visit from a SWAT Team that got a search warrant. He was making a solid amount of money for him and his family, he was back on track. When released he quickly applied for the local Burger King, for a few months life was going surprisingly good. He would "waste" most of his time playing basketball, and in those hours practicing he decided to turn his life around. That year however changed his life, the detention center had a basketball court. Butler remembers this period of life as a nightmare and a bad environment for young people: When he was (only) 15 he got arrested, then sentenced to one year in a maximum security detention center for juveniles. At only 12 years young Caron Butler was already dealing with drug issues and hanging around the corners with shady people. Without a father figure in the house Caron's mom had to work two jobs to at least feed the children, not the easiest start in life. Love our 24/7 women’s basketball coverage? Join our Patreon now and support this work, while getting extra goodies and subscriber-only content for yourself.Butler grew up 20 miles away from Milwaukee, in a small town called Racine. She hopes to continue her work during her time in Connecticut and hopes that her former teammates continue what she started in Phoenix. Maybe just one person just going, taking that step forward to understand it,” she said. “That was the most, you know, touching experience for me because I’m like, this is what we needed. She didn’t tell any of her teammates where she was going on that particular appearance, but afterward many of them wanted to go with her the next time she visited. She emphasized that these conditions weren’t even in a prison, but rather in a jail, one in Phoenix.īonner said that the first step to learning is to experience something for a couple of hours, exactly what she did when she visited Estrella Jail. She also said that there were women laying on the floor or in chairs. Among the topics discussed were the sleeping conditions.īonner made a special note that the jail she visited had dorm-like sleeping quarters with three women per bunk and the top tiers of the bunks were close to the ceiling. One topic that came up during the roundtable was the conditions in prisons and jails that lead to the incarcerated populations being more at risk for contracting COVID-19. “They didn’t get the chance to nurture them, you know, sometimes it’s just, you know, no offense to you guys but baby needs Mom, it’s just something that is just, you know, the nurturing the care and the softer side of it so it was just pretty sad to see,” Bonner said. She noted that many of the women she spoke to only got to hold their newborn for 48 hours before they were taken away. “These moms didn’t get the opportunity to even, you know, do that, they didn’t get the opportunity to you know be better for their kids,” she said. Overall, she said that she just wanted to be able to give these women a second opportunity.īonner felt emotionally bonded to these women because she knows how much having a child changes your life. Anything I can do is, that’s what I wanted to do so.” She later added, “I talked with my director to see how can I get these women jobs and we got with a whole group of teams and you know trying to see any kind of way that we can get some job interviews, programs that they can go to, little things like you know haircuts. They didn’t know how to the next page or housing, they were worried about getting jobs,” Bonner said. “They were talking about how you know when they get out, they needed help to the next step. Your Day in Women’s Basketball, September 21: COVID scare for Seattleīonner went to listen to their story and while doing that she found that many of them just needed a second chance, so she went in to get a clear view of what was needed.Your Day in Women’s Basketball, September 24: Playoff Stewie time.Your Day in Women’s Basketball, September 28: All-Rookie team announced.Your Day in Women’s Basketball, October 1: Why the Sun set on Connecticut’s season.Aces Wild: Las Vegas wins first WNBA Championship over Sun.
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