Please note: The Justice 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.
New York
- Rehabilitation Through the Arts 914-251-7540 or info@rta-arts.org
- Voices Unbroken info@voicesunbroken.org, 917-736-8498
- The Creative ‘Righting’ Center Long-distance program (see Indiana)
- CASES Insight Project Dan Stageman, 212-553-6633, dstageman@cases.org
- NY State Literary Center Dale Davis, 585-223-0784, ddavis@nyslc.org
- PEN American Center Prison Writing Program prisonwriting@pen.org
- Bard Prison Initiative Arts courses
- Cornell Prison Education Program Arts courses, Writer’s Bloc Literary Journal
- Anne Frank Center USA Prison Diary Program info@annefrank.com
- Fortune Society
- Right to Write
- Black is the Day, Black is the Night
- Blackout Arts Collective
- EarSay718-791-4324, info@earsay.org
- Artistic Noise Vanessa.Ruiz@artisticnoise.org
- The Art of Living Prison SMART 866-673-8999, prisonsmart@iahv.org
- Avodah Dance Ensemble, dance programming at Bedford Hills CF, avodahdance@gmail.com
- Hip Hop Justice Radio 94.9 FM Hudson Valley, NY
- Milk Not Jails (917) 719-MILK, milknotjails@gmail.com
- Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (646) 504-4582, info@theatreoftheoppressednyc.org
- RELEASED – Center for Employment Opportunities Jeyhoun Allebaugh, jeyhoun@gmail.com
- Carnegie Hall Musical Connections (at Sing Sing CF) 212-903-7800, education@carnegiehall.org
- Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project (at the Rose M. Singer Center at Rikers Island) 212-903-7800, education@carnegiehall.org
- Theatre-in-Education: Prison Production juliagtaylor@gmail.com
- Public Theatre – The Mobile Unit 212-539-8500, marketing@publictheater.org
- New York Writers Coalition (NYWC) – Formerly Incarcerated/Prison Writers Program Nancy Weber, nancy@nywriterscoalition.org
- Think Outside the Cell (877) 267-2303, thinkoutsidethecell@verizon.net
- The Young New Yorkers Restorative justice through public art
- Lyrics from Lockdown National tour of hip hopera
- Prisoner Express (distance learning available to people in prison across the US) Treacy Ziegler, treacyziegler@yahoo.com
- The Phoenix Players Theatre Group Bruce Levitt, BAL5@cornell.edu
- Attica Correctional Facility – The Attica Writer’s Workshop and the Attica – Genesee Teaching Project Doran Larson, dlarson@hamilton.edu
- Truthworker Theatre Company truthworker@gmail.com, 917-771-7475
- Music on the Inside Alina Bloomgarden, info@musicontheinside.org, 212-580-6225
- Prison Writes Therapeutic, advocacy, memoir writing
- Theater Across Prison Walls Rivka Rocchio, rocchisr@potsdam.edu
- Sarah Lawrence College Right-to-Write partnerships@sarahlawrence.edu
- Four Minutes a Day goochlm@gmail.com
- Dances for Solidarity sarahrosedahnke@gmail.com
- The Town Hall lnoble@thetownhall.org
- Musicambia jessie@musicambia.org
Pennsylvania
- Mural Arts Program Restorative Justice Robyn Buseman, robyn.buseman@muralarts.org, 215-685-0756
- The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Steven Shankman, 215-204-5163, insideout@temple.edu
- Words Without Walls info@wordswithoutwalls.com
- SageWriters Judith Trustone, 610-328-6101, info@Sagewriters.org
- The Pennsylvania Prison Society – The Working Group to Enhance Services for Incarcerated Women Ann Schwartzman, 215.564.6005, baizenman@prisonsociety.org
- Books Through Bars 215-727-8170, info@booksthroughbars.org
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Roots to Re-Entry Project
- Brush With the Law at Montgomery County Correctional FacilityMaria Maneos
- The People’s Paper Co-op
- Shining Light performing arts, Jeffrey Bohn jeff@shining-light.com
- Songs in the Key of Free songwriting, musicianship, concerts
- Lifelines Project lifelinesphilly@gmail.com
- Heart2Heart: Comienzos East info@heart2heartinc.org
New Jersey
- The Institute for Prison Teaching and Outreach Literary Magazine, cpoe@tcnj.edu
- Perkins Center for the Arts create@perkinscenter.org
- NJ State Prison in Trenton Susanne Pitak Davis, Pitak1@earthlink.net
- Writers Theatre of New Jersey education@wtnj.org
- The New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP) jeff.melillo@rutgers.edu , diamond7@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
- Heart2Heart: Comienzos East info@heart2heartinc.org
Washington, D.C.
- Free Minds Book Club (202) 758-0829, mail@freemindsbookclub.org
- Prison Fellowship International International art competitions and exhibitions
- Safe Streets Arts Foundation Dennis Sobin, dennis@safestreetsarts.org
- Prisons Foundation Dennis Sobin, Dennis@prisonsfoundation.org
- Blackout Arts Collective dc@blackoutartscollective.com
- The Beat Within David Inocencio, dinocencio@thebeatwithin.org, (415) 503-4170
- Voices Unbarred lori@voicesunbarred.com, (571) 357-2049
- Georgetown Prison Scholars Program prisonandjustice@georgetown.edu
- DC Books to Prisoners
- Lorton Art Program lortonart@verizon.net