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

1. Rehabilitation Through the Arts 914-251-7540 or info@rta-arts.org
2. The Fortune Society 347-510-3668 or www.fortunesociety.org
3. The Creative ‘Righting’ Center Long-distance program (see Indiana)
4. CASES Insight Project  212-553-6633, info@cases.org
5. NY State Literary Center Dale Davis, 585-223-0784, ddavis@nyslc.org
6. PEN American Center Prison Writing Program prisonwriting@pen.org
7. Bard Prison Initiative 845.758.7308, bpi@bard.edu
8. Cornell Prison Education Program: Arts courses, Writer’s Bloc Literary Journal
9. Fortune Society, (212) 691-7554, info@fortunesociety.org
10. Right to Write, 914.337.0700, partnerships@sarahlawrence.edu
11. Blackout Arts Collective
12. EarSay 718-791-4324, info@earsay.org
13. Artistic Noise Vanessa.Ruiz@artisticnoise.org
14. The Art of Living Prison SMART 866-673-8999, prisonsmart@iahv.org 
15. Avodah Dance Ensemble, dance programming at Bedford Hills CF, avodahdance@gmail.com
16. Hip Hop Justice Radio 94.9 FM Hudson Valley, NY 
17. Milk Not Jails (917) 719-MILK, milknotjails@gmail.com 
18. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC (646) 504-4582, info@theatreoftheoppressednyc.org
19. RELEASED – Center for Employment Opportunities Jeyhoun Allebaugh, jeyhoun@gmail.com
20. Carnegie Hall Musical Connections (at Sing Sing CF) 212-903-7800, education@carnegiehall.org
21. Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project (at the Rose M. Singer Center at Rikers Island) 212-903-7800, education@carnegiehall.org
22. Theatre-in-Education: Prison Production juliagtaylor@gmail.com 
23. Public Theatre – The Mobile Unit 212-539-8500, marketing@publictheater.org
24. New York Writers Coalition (NYWC) – Formerly Incarcerated/Prison Writers Program Nancy Weber, nancy@nywriterscoalition.org
25. Think Outside the Cell (877) 267-2303, thinkoutsidethecell@verizon.net
26. The Young New Yorkers Restorative justice through public art
27. Lyrics from Lockdown National tour of hip hopera
28. Prisoner Express (distance learning available to people in prison across the US)  Treacy Ziegler, treacyziegler@yahoo.com
29. The Phoenix Players Theatre Group Bruce Levitt, BAL5@cornell.edu
30. Attica Correctional Facility – The Attica Writer’s Workshop and the Attica – Genesee Teaching Project Doran Larson, dlarson@hamilton.edu
31. Truthworker Theatre Company truthworker@gmail.com, 917-771-7475
32. Music on the Inside Alina Bloomgarden, info@musicontheinside.org, 212-580-6225
33. Prison Writes Therapeutic, advocacy, memoir writing
34. Theater Across Prison Walls Rivka Rocchio, rocchisr@potsdam.edu
35. Sarah Lawrence College Right-to-Write partnerships@sarahlawrence.edu
36. Four Minutes a Day goochlm@gmail.com
37. Dances for Solidarity dancesforsolidarity@gmail.com
38. The Town Hall lnoble@thetownhall.org
39. Musicambia jessie@musicambia.org
40. Flex Dance Program flexdanceprogram@gmail.com
41. Otisville Theatre Workshop: Acting Out richardhoehler@ymail.com, 917-767-1550
42. Center for Court Innovation Arts and Justice initiatives

Pennsylvania

1. Mural Arts Program Restorative Justice Robyn Buseman, robyn.buseman@muralarts.org, 215-685-0756
2. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program Steven Shankman, 215-204-5163, insideout@temple.edu
3. Words Without Walls info@wordswithoutwalls.com
4. SageWriters Judith Trustone, 610-328-6101, info@Sagewriters.org
5. The Pennsylvania Prison Society – The Working Group to Enhance Services for Incarcerated Women Ann Schwartzman, 215.564.6005, baizenman@prisonsociety.org
6. Books Through Bars 215-727-8170, info@booksthroughbars.org
7. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Roots to Re-Entry Project
8. Brush With the Law at Montgomery County Correctional FacilityMaria Maneos
9. The People’s Paper Co-op
10. Shining Light performing arts, Jeffrey Bohn jeff@shining-light.com
11. Songs in the Key of Free songwriting, musicianship, concerts
12. Lifelines Project lifelinesphilly@gmail.com
13. Heart2Heart: Comienzos East info@heart2heartinc.org
14. Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project info@yasproject.com or 267-571-YASP

New Jersey

1. The Institute for Prison Teaching and Outreach Literary Magazine, cpoe@tcnj.edu
2. Perkins Center for the Arts create@perkinscenter.org
3. NJ State Prison in Trenton Susanne Pitak Davis, Pitak1@earthlink.net
4. Writers Theatre of New Jersey education@wtnj.org
5. The New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP) jeff.melillo@rutgers.edu , diamond7@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
6. Heart2Heart: Comienzos East info@heart2heartinc.org

Washington, D.C.

1. Free Minds Book Club (202) 758-0829, mail@freemindsbookclub.org
2. Prison Fellowship International International art competitions and exhibitions
3. Safe Streets Arts Foundation Dennis Sobin, dennis@safestreetsarts.org
4. Prisons Foundation Dennis Sobin, Dennis@prisonsfoundation.org
5. Blackout Arts Collective dc@blackoutartscollective.com
6. The Beat Within  David Inocencio, dinocencio@thebeatwithin.org, (415) 503-4170
7. Voices Unbarred lori@voicesunbarred.com, (571) 357-2049
8. Georgetown Prison Scholars Program prisonandjustice@georgetown.edu
9. DC Books to Prisoners
10. Lorton Art Program lortonart@verizon.net