Saturday 26 November 2011

Norweigan Prisoners Release Music CD, Norway

http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/norwegian-prisoners-make-the-jailhouse-rock/

Prison Art Exhibition, Trinidad and Tobago (Updated)

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,142398.html

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Art_behind_bars-124333268.html

Art School in Karachi Central Prison, Pakistan (Updated)

http://tribune.com.pk/story/184985/creative-criminals-they-may-be-behind-bars-but-their-creativity-knows-no-bounds/

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=60377&Cat=4

Prisoners Receive Music Tuition in Sabarmati Central Jail. Gujurat, India

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/20110609201106090258457519ff8a11c/Jail-gets-beauty-parlour-computer-centre.html

Performing Arts in Ugandan Prison

http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13747:prison-too-has-its-fun-moments&catid=42:sizzling-entertainment&Itemid=74

Exhibition of Art Created by Political Prisoners in Iran, Canada (Updated)

http://www.awid.org/Library/Lines-of-Resistance-Prison-Art-from-the-Middle-East

http://mostlywater.org/lines_resistance_prison_art_middle_east

Prison Art Exhibition Seattle, WA, USA (Updated)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-04-27/arts/insider-art/

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/04/tonight_monroe_prison_art_on_d.php

http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/if-you-are-in-seattle/

and a personal reflection from one of the artists facilitating work in prison

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-04-27/arts/insider-art/

Former Prisoner Runs Theatre Company in the Bronx, NY, USA

Impact Repertory Theatre from Daphne Chen on Vimeo.



http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/04/12/theater-group-inspires-teens-harlem

12 Angry Men Performed in Prison, Lebanon (Updated)

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/29/lebanon.prison.drama/

New and extensive review of this work - http://www.neareastquarterly.com/index.php/2011/06/15/all-the-prisons-a-stage-theatre-in-a-lebanese-prison/

http://www.straight.com/article-350481/vancouver/director-plays-tough-prisoners

Hip Hop Workshops at St Louis City Juvenile Facility, MO, USA

http://www.kplr11.com/news/kplr-prisoners-teach-juvenile-delinquents-031611,0,1786999.column

Old Prison Murals Restored, Eastern State Penitentiary, PA, USA (Updated)



http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/art-entertainment-sports/item/15436-16pcmural

Prisoners & Victims of Crime Make Mural and Film, Pennsylvania, USA (Updated)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/the-healing-walls_b_833802.html

http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2011/03/09/

http://www.daytondailynews.com/entertainment/movies-showtimes/film-shows-inmates-victims-making-art-399179.html

http://www.concretefilm.org/

Chinese Women Prisoners in "Dance Off"

http://shanghaiist.com/2011/03/09/in_pictures_chongqing_womens_prison.php#photo-5

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Books Banned in US Prisons include work by Shakespeare, USA

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/02/prison-books-ban_n_991494.html

Prison Art Exhibition, New Zealand

http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/js041011nadnga-019-jpg-a-powhiri-opened-the-arts-a/1125568/

Opera in West Bengal Prisons, India (Updated)

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kolkata-jail-inmates-perform-at-city-pandal/Article1-752885.aspx

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=117783

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6607531812361100932&postID=4083284927066289712

http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/4163/IIM-C

http://www.sify.com/news/from-jail-to-stage-reforming-prisoners-through-cultural-therapy-news-national-kmjkakecgcd.html

http://wap.business-standard.com/storypage.php?id=5&autono=424956

Documentary on Youtube in 3 Parts








http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ws011110SOCIETY.asp

Poets Behind Bars Project, IN, USA

http://theprisonartscoalition.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/poets-behind-bars-an-opportunity-for-poets-inside-and-out/

Friday 30 September 2011

Art and Crafts on Sale at Top Security Broadmoor Hospital, UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-15095487

Prison Art Exhibition, Tasmania, Australia

http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=33292

Drama Project in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, India

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/darshans-call-sheet-in-demand/187876-60-119.html

The Koestler Awards - Prison Art Exhibition, London (Updated)

http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/view.cfm?id=5920&issue=242

http://www.artlyst.com/articles/art-of-offenders-a-criminal-education

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8773446/Art-by-Offenders-exhibition-Inmates-happy-to-be-framed.html

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social_care_arts/2011/09/art-by-offenders-goes-on-1.html

http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/09/18/north-prisoners-work-is-showcased-at-southbank-centre-79310-29442277/

Collection of images here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2011/sep/21/prison-art-exhibition-london-in-pictures?newsfeed=true 

Interview with one of the curators http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2011/09/title-107278-en.html

Saturday 17 September 2011

Zeina Daccache Now Working in Baabda Women's Prison, Lebanon (Updated)

Those of you that have followed Zeina's work at Roumieh Prison (previous posts below) may know there have been a series of riots there over the years, and in April 2011 during a particularly bad incident, 3 prisoners died and the theatre was destroyed. At that point it was not clear whether her work could continue.

I am pleased to discover she is now working again, breaking new ground in one of the country's women's prison.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=74932

http://www.al-shorfa.com/cocoon/meii/xhtml/en_GB/features/meii/features/entertainment/2011/09/16/feature-03?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Saturday 20 August 2011

Interview with Director of Women Offenders' Theatre and Education Company Clean Break, UK

http://www.threeweeks.co.uk/article/ed2011-a-clean-break-at-the-fringe-lucy-perman/

Exhibition of Art by Mexican Prisoners, McAllen, TX, USA

http://www.themonitor.com/entertainment/prison-53892-display-inmates.html

Prison Art Exhibition, Boston, MA, USA

http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/213418/index.php

Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, LA, USA

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2011/0815/Kyes-Stevens-and-her-prison-arts-project-change-women-s-lives

Images here http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Alabama-Prison-Arts-Education-Project

Exhibition of Art from Death Row, Pocklington, UK

http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/a_brush_with_death_row_1_3682176

Prison Art Exhibition, Louisville, KY, USA

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2011308150003


https://louisville.edu/art/calendar/bars-to-walls-inmate-art-expressions.ics

http://www.wfpl.org/2011/08/19/new-uofl-exhibit-showcases-prison-art/

http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/bars-to-walls-grants-public-view-of-prison-art

University Professor Makes Documentary About Prison Music, LA, USA

http://www.georgetown.edu/story/harbert-prison-music-documentary.html

Sunday 14 August 2011

Former Prisoner Directs Film, Detroit, MI, USA

http://www.freep.com/article/20110811/OPINION02/108110417/Jeff-Gerritt-life-s-script-rewritten-former-inmate-now-directs-screenplay-he-wrote?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Taiko Drumming in Prison, Taiwan (Updated)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14404037

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1677065

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/06/16/2003505895

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/05/21/2003503787

Video Diary from Kachere Juvenile Prison, Malawi

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-solomon/i-live-here-documentary_b_910894.html


Interview with Felicia Low, Prison Arts Specialist, Singapore

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110809-0000240/Expression-in-the-margins-Felicia-Low,-artist-and-educator

Podcast on Music in Women's Prison, British Columbia, Canada

http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/stark-raven-prison-justice/2011/08/women-raise-their-voices-beyond-bars-womens-music-

Saturday 13 August 2011

Prison Orcehstra, Venezuela

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14050825

Music from Angola Prison, LO, USA

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/05/138893837/the-music-of-louisianas-angola-state-penitentiary





Prison Art Sale, Darwin, Australia

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/08/05/251771_ntnews.html

Photos of a Prison Band, Pretoria, South Africa

http://www.timeslive.co.za/Feeds/Multimedia/2011/08/03/portraits-of-a-prison-band-pictures

Exhibition of Photographs from Russian Prison Theatre Project, London, UK

http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/russian-prison-theatre-a-photographic-journal

Minutes from the first All Party Parliamentary Penal Affairs Group on Arts in Prison, London, UK

http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/PressPolicy/Parliament/AllPartyParliamentaryPenalAffairsGroup/ArtsinPrisonJune2011

Former Prisoner Talks About His Artwork, New Mexico, USA

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d38de12bed984a5d9ad269dab876593b/NM--Free-Through-Art/

Sunday 15 May 2011

Armando Punzo's Theatre Work in Prison, Volterra, Italy

http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/33525/theatre-italy-prison-compagnia-della-fortezza.html

Prison Tattoos & Prison Fashion, CO, USA

http://www.dailycamera.com/entertainment/ci_18044133

Al Capone's Prison Cell, PA, USA

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37822911/displaymode/1247?beginSlide=1

Exhibition of Photographs from HMP Manchester, UK

http://www.liverpoolconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Arts/Stephanie-de-Leng-Life-in-Strangeways

Dance Performance Uses Interviews with Prisoners, WA, USA

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/05/11/2003937/dance-company-presents-prison.html

Photos from the Prisoner Art Exhibition, Champaign, Il, USA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityymca/sets/72157626654887870/

Theatre in Karnatikan Prisons Since 1997, India

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-06/mysore/29520461_1_inmates-jail-officials-bellary-central-prison

Friday 6 May 2011

Cuts to Writers in Prison Network, UK

http://youthwithoutjustice.co.uk/2011/05/06/arts-council-cuts-%E2%80%9Clike-sneaking-into-a-prisoner%E2%80%99s-cell%E2%80%9D-says-poet-laureate/

Over 750 Art Works in the 33rd Prison Arts Program Exhibition, New Haven, CT, USA

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/arts/hc-artweek-0505-20110504,0,1046177.story

http://gg-art.com/news/newsread/artnews73180.html

Dance Programme for Prisoners in Woodbourne Men's Correctional Facility, NY, USA

http://www.shawangunkjournal.com/2011/05/05/news/1105055.html

Phoenix Players Theatre Group, Auburn Maximum Security Prison, NY, USA

http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/article_77b304b0-775d-11e0-b9f4-001cc4c002e0.html

Link to Cornell University which runs this programme - includes scripts of prisoners' plays

http://cuauburn.arts.cornell.edu/index.html

Chinese Women Prisoners Perform for Relatives, Beijing, China

http://inventorspot.com/articles/beijing_womens_prison_hosts_mothers_day_meet_greet

More pictures here

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-05/04/c_13858989.htm

Tuesday 29 March 2011

The Value of Having Writers in Prison, UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12879042

UWE and HMP Bristol Present Art Exhibition, UK

http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/article.asp?item=1931

Rehab Prison to Close, WA, USA

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/03/27/1601465/the-prison-without-walls.html

Women's Prison Theatre Company Clean Break's New Shows Reviewed, London, UK

http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/london-lifestyle/theatre-london/2011/03/25/review-re-charged-soho-theatre-82029-28404919/

http://londonist.com/2011/03/review-re-charged-soho-theatre.php

Art Exhibition Displays Work from 5 Scottish Prisons, UK

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibition/5:368/19483

Classical Music in Prison, LA & MD, USA

http://www.nvdaily.com/lifestyle/2011/03/award-winning-pianist-to-perform-at-shenandoah.php

Art for Rehabilitation, HMP Chelmsford, UK

http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/Art-classes-prison-step-forward/article-3338269-detail/article.html

Prisoner Art Exhibition, Isle of Man

http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=51286

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-12804622

http://www.isleofman.com/News/article.aspx?article=34467