A new project for us (Judy Dworin Performance Project) in our four years at York Correctional Institution for women in Niantic, CT is a program for Moms in Niantic and their kids in the Hartford region and beyond. For seven weeks we did workshops with the Moms and the kids in Niantic and Hartford independently [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 11, 2009
City Prison Writers
by David Coogan
With a new bag of pens and some legal pads, I invited the men to write their ways out. I did not teach the guys who could not write their names—the ones with deficits, disorders, dementia, or some intractable disaffection. There were no serial killers, complete psychos or pedophiles. I didn’t go [...]
June 11, 2009
Highlights of Kennedy Center “From Prison to the Stage” Show 2009
On September 5, 2009 the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC will explode with the finest plays and music written by prisoners across America. This year’s edition of “From Prison to the Stage” will be the best yet with the help of faculty and theater students of the George Washington University Theater and Dance Department, under [...]
