Lyle Menendez paints mural for California prison beautification program he launched with his brother

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Lyle Menendez and his brother Erik have launched a beautification initiative in the prison where they are serving life sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents. Their project is modeled on a program in Norway, where authorities try to help rehabilitate prisoners so they can be reintegrated in society. The brothers have been painting a massive mural, shown here being worked on by one of the project’s main organizers Joel Abreu, that depicts San Diego landmarks and they say their aim is to transform the prison yard “from an oppressive concrete and gravel slab into a normalized park-like campus setting surrounded by a majestic landscape mural.”…

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