From Monterey County, California: "A valued bus ride to prison," by Dave Nordstrand

Come June 14, River Road's Susan Sterrett will help children visit prison but only for four hours only and for a good cause.

"The fathers of these children are incarcerated," Sterrett said. "What we do is bring their children in from all over the state to visit them."

Sterrett is regional coordinator for Monterey County for "Get on the Bus." The annual Father's Day event has chartered buses from across California picking up the children -- the offspring of inmates -- plus their guardians. The buses then drive them through prison gates and onto the grounds of the Correctional Training Facility and the Salinas Valley State Prison outside Soledad.

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