“Juilliard to Jail” by Leah Joki

by | Jun 28, 2013 | Updates

I recently finished Leah Joki’s new book “Juilliard to Jail”.  If you want an inside view of what the Arts in Corrections program was during its heyday, this is a compelling read.  Leah was the Artist/Facilitator, first at Chuckawalla Valley State...

Arts in County Corrections

by | Oct 18, 2011 | Updates

Arts in County Corrections The Arts in Corrections program was one of the most successful programs in the history of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In a 1983 cost benefit study, Professor Larry Brewster, currently on the faculty of the...

Video: Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice

by | Aug 10, 2009 | Video

Just wanting to share a story from the PBS NewsHour about the power, beauty, and complexity of poetry classes in prison: Richard Shelton, a poet and professor at the University of Arizona, has been coming into prisons as a volunteer since the early ’70s, when a...