Please note: The Prison Arts Coalition does not offer any programs. The following are independent prison arts programs we have identified in this region. To learn more about the programs below, please contact the programs directly.

Wisconsin

1. The Shakespeare Prison Project Jonathan Shailor, [email protected]
2. Oakhill Prison Humanities Project [email protected]

Michigan

1. Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) Vanessa Mayesky, 734-647-6771, [email protected]
2. ARRO Prison Poetry Project Maria, [email protected], 517-999-2895
   
3. ACE Academy - Visual Art Classes and Empty Bowls (313) 868-8368, [email protected]
4. 6 Figures Playback Theatre Company Prison Theatre Program, Dr. Anita
   Rich, 734-487-0797, [email protected]
5. Project Community 734.764.6324 [email protected]
6. Shakespeare Behind Bars, Curt L. Tofteland, [email protected]

Illinois

1. Storycatchers Theatre Nancy McCarty, 312.280.4772, [email protected]
   
2. Framed Concepts [email protected]
3. Cradle2Prison Project [email protected]
4. Still Point Theatre Collective 773 868 1700, [email protected]
5. Beyondmedia Education - Women and Prison Project 773-857-7300, [email protected]
6. FreeWrite Jail Arts + Literacy Program [email protected]
7. Chicago Girl Talk [email protected]
8. Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center Arts Project Alex Moroz, [email protected]
9. Tamms Year Ten: Take Photographs for Supermax Prisoners [email protected]
10. The Chicago Imagination Project (CHIP) 773-722-7440 ext 3208, [email protected]
11. Music Technology at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School, Alex Moroz, [email protected]
12. Write to Release, [email protected]
13. Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project [email protected]

Indiana

1. Shakespeare in Shackles Laura Bates, 812.237.3141, [email protected]
2. Sisterhood Christian Drama Ministries
3. Hanover College summer drama program Paul Hildebrand, [email protected]
4. Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility Visual art, yoga, art therapy
5. Indiana State Prison Poetry, essay contests, book clubs
6. Poets-Behind-Bars Sponsored by the Creative Righting Center, Sherry Reiter, 718-998-4572, [email protected]
   
7. WVCF Theatre Troupe Dr. Jacquelyn Frank, 217-581-7843, [email protected]

Ohio

1. Reentry Bridge Network
2. UMOJA Men’s Chorus Catherine Roma, [email protected]
   
3. Grafton Prison Choir, Jody Kerchner
4. Toledo Museum of Art partnership with the Lucas County Juvenile Court Glassblowing & metalwork