The artist Kenneth Webb, a free man granted early parole after 16 years in prison, smiles as he talks about an experience that he thought he might never have—the chance to see a major solo show of his ...

“Apokaluptein: 16389067” is what artist Jesse Krimes dubbed his prison contraband — a project so off-limits, he had to create it behind bars in secret and smuggle it out. The work happened piecemeal ...

CORCORAN, Calif. (KABC) -- California is rethinking its prison system in an effort to reduce the recidivism rate which has averaged about 50% over the past 10 years. At California State Prison ...

The Rev. Martin Lam Nguyen fled Vietnam in 1979 and now teaches art at Notre Dame and a prison, helping inmates better their ...

Sep. 22—Toilet paper, tissue and cigarette wrappers. Prison inmates use the items most of us toss to create art. Open at the Museum of International Folk Art, "Between the Lines" aims to humanize the ...

Danny Killion, now of Troy, NY, was suicidal when he first entered Cheshire Correctional Institution to serve time for a string of bank robberies. But eventually he found an outlet for his pain in art ...

Isaac Scott has an unconventional resume. As a young man (born and raised) in Harlem, NY, searching for a father figure, he turned to drug dealing and street life. He cycled through home, streets and ...

When I was 8 years old, my father went to prison. I remember going to see him during the nearly two years he spent incarcerated. The cold gray walls were contrasted against different activities that ...

Pablo Picasso famously said: “We artists are indestructible; even in a prison… I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of ...

Lander alumna Molly Ott’s career as an art educator has grown from teaching art in prison to teaching about prison through ...

Not too long ago, I received an email from a long-time friend and colleague who was then a warden for a men’s prison. Known for her forward-thinking and support for programming and education, she has ...