“It eases my mind and gives me something fun to do,” said Calvin Washington, who was talking about a cultural exchange program in which students from Princeton University play chess with prisoners. “It relaxes me and transports me to another place momentarily. As soon as it’s over, it’s back to business as usual.”
Calvin Washington is a prisoner at the jail. He understands the importance of chess in his daily life. According to him, “Chess gives me patience. Often, when I play chess,