News articles are organized chronologically by year. For a collection of news articles on prison arts, visit Prison Arts in the News.
“Young Inmates Find a Voice through Short Films” by Daniel E. Slotnik for The New York Times (2013)
“The Power of Poetry in Education” by David Domenici for JJIE (2013)
“Program helps lift El Paso probationers” by Adriana Chavez for El Paso Times (2013)
“Unique Writing Program Decreases Violence at the County Jail” by Heather Mills for KOB Eyewitness News (2013)
“Knitting Behind Bars: Inmates Escape Prison Life with Yarn” by TJ Winick and Jackie Jesko for ABC Nightline (2013)
“Fortune Society Creates Drama at Sing Sing” by Philip Boroff for Businessweek (2012)
“Photographing California’s Prison Art, Murals, Solitary Cells: A Conversation with Stefan Ruiz by Prison Photography (2012)
“Yoga: How we Serve Women in Prison” by Rob Schware for Huffington Post (2012)
“‘Prison Has its Own Arts Culture’: Curator Dave Adler on the Clocktower’s Poignant Inmate Photo Show” by Chloe Wyma for Blouin ArtInfo (2012)
“‘Mobile Unit’ Interview: Staging Shakespeare In The Prisons Of New York City (VIDEO)” by Hallie Sekoff for Huffington Post (2012)
“For Kids in Juvenile Detention, Creating Hope through Writing and Art” by David Inocencio for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (2012)
“Poetic Justice Project Makes Theater Behind Bars” by Sarah Linn for KCET’s ArtBound (2012)
“Sentenced to Shakespeare: Courts and Theater Company Join Forces” by Simi Horwitz for Backstage.com (2012)
“The Last Words: Texas Death Row Inmates’ Final Statements” by Dylan Lathrop for GOOD News (2012)
“Writing Dangerously: The Cornell Prison Education Program provides a sanctuary behind bars” by Edward Hower for the Cornell Alumni Magazine (2012)
“Artists as Teachers in Prison” by Daniel Grant for The Huffington Post (2012)
“Prison arts: reflections from a curator” by Janie Paul for Play Gallery (2011)
“Good News Series: Youth Inmates Share Their Stories” by Hélène Biandudi for WXXI News (2011)
“Murals set free from Prison” by Peter Crimmins for Newsworks (2011)
“Beauty in a Prison Camp” by Leslie Newell Peacock for the Arkansas Times (2011)
“Don’t Hate the Player: Radio project reaches out to inmates and their families, breaking the silence around America’s prisons” by Marisa Demarco for the Alibi (2011)
“Incarcerated Women’s Play Makes Public Premiere” by Max Freund for the Daily Iowan (2011)
“Kyes Stevens and her Prison Arts Project Change Women’s Lives” by Ann Hermes for the Christian Science Monitor (2011)
“Rebel without a cause: Prison art and fashion makes its way into the mainstream” by Aimee Heckel (2011)
“The Boards: Life Stories” by Ian Frazier for The New Yorker (2011)
“Dangerous Worlds: Teaching Film in Prison” by Anne Snitow for Dissent Magazine (2011)
“San Quentin prisoners steal show with Shakespeare” by Kevin Fagan for the San Francisco Chronicle (2011)
“Safety Valve for Inmates, the Arts, Fades in California” by Adam Nagourney for the New York Times (2011)
“Art Helping Texas inmate Cope with Prison, Prepare for Life After” by Allen Hoye for Kitsap Sun (2011)
“Learning with the incarcerated Drives Students to Action” by Wendy Jason (2011)
“By Art, By Heart: The Journey of a Prisoner and a Poet” by Wendy Jason (2011)
“Unlocking Creativity Behind Bars” by Wendy Jason (2010)
“The Heartful Dodger: A charismatic ex-con lures at-risk kids away from violence” by Alix Sharkey for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (2010)
“Artists as Teachers in Prison” by Daniel Grant for the Huffington Post (2010)
“A Chance for Prisoners to Act Like Human Beings” by Wendy Jason (2010)
“Some Day I Won’t be Alone: Building Bridges with Children of Incarcerated Parents” by Wendy Jason (2010)
“Writing for Redemption” by Wendy Jason (2010)
“A Stitch and Time” by Beth Slovic (2010)
“Collaborative Art Fractures Prison Walls” by Tikkun Daily for Alternet (2010)
“With each abstract acrylic, Pennsylvania inmate seeks to draw freedom to himself” by David Zucchino for LA Times (2009)
“Inmates’ show won’t go on” by Adam Bosch (2009)
“Time In: the life of female inmates” by Hudson Valley Press (2009)
“Changing Prison Stereotypes: Art Programs Open Creativity and Opportunity to Inmates” by Jerry Hames (2009)
“Life Inside — Lowrider Art Show in Prison“ by Lowrider Arte Staff (2009)
“Flying Over The Fence” by Jessi De La Cruz (2009)
“Oakdale Prison Community Choir creates unique learning opportunities” University of Iowa News Release (2009)
“A Conversation with Agnes Wilcox, Actor, Director, Founder of Prison Performing Arts” by Jeannette Cooperman for St. Louis Magazine (2008)
“Painting A New Picture“ by Frank Rubino (2008)
“Arts in Corrections” by Boston Woodard (2008)
“Editor’s Column: Prison, Activism, and the Academy — A Roundtable with Buzz Alexander, Bell Gale Chevigny, Stephen John Hartnett, Janie Paul, and Judith Tannenbaum” by Patricia Yaeger (2008)
“Inside/Out: Prisoners Write Poems and Prose to Find Peace Inside the Stillwater Correctional Facility” for WakeMag (2004)
“Cellblock Cues: On the inside, prison music and theater programs have positive powers” by Tim Menees for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2001)
“Extension Artsreach Unlocks Inmate Talent” by Beverly Beyette for the LA Times (1985)
“The Law: Prison Playwright” Time Magazine (1973)
