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Prescott Retiree Heads to Prison for Protest

Prescott retiree Phil Gates
Prescott retiree Phil Gates

By Daniel Kraker

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Prescott, AZ – Philip Gates is not your stereotypical prison inmate. He's seventy, for one. And he's the former superintendent of the Scottsdale school district. He retired in Prescott three years ago. But today he begins a two month sentence at a federal prison in Los Angeles, for trespassing on a military base during a political protest. Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker explains how he got there.