In the first-ever live music event at Calipatria State Prison, Pusha T and John Forte performed yesterday as part of California’s statewide #SchoolsNotPrisons tour.

The September 18th performance was the fourth stop on the historic arts and music tour advocating for more spending on education and health, including investments focused on the future success of incarcerated people.

The historic visit began with a meeting with the Warden and staff followed by a tour of Calipatria State Prison, a male-only correctional facility housing 3,841 people in Imperial County, California. The concert took place in the middle of the prison yard and was attended by hundreds of inmates and prison staff.

“Putting an end to mass incarceration is important to me. It’s something I’ve watched destroy a generation of my peers“, said Pusha T. “I was able to go to Calipatria and see there was still inspiration and hope in the inmates, that was motivation for me to keep fighting for this cause.”

The 2016 #SchoolsNotPrisons concert tour is a call to action for an end to massive spending on incarceration that is standing in the way of California’s ability to invest in education, health and prevention. California state prisons incarcerate more than 128,000 people at a cost of over $11 billion a year.

Check out some of the footage below, and for more information or the #SchoolsNotPrisons tour schedule, visit the website here.