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
- The Fortune Society 347-510-3668 or www.fortunesociety.org
- The Creative ‘Righting’ Center Long-distance program (see Indiana)
- CASES Insight Project 212-553-6633, info@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 845.758.7308, bpi@bard.edu
- Cornell Prison Education Program: Arts courses, Writer’s Bloc Literary Journal
- Fortune Society, (212) 691-7554, info@fortunesociety.org
- Right to Write, 914.337.0700, partnerships@sarahlawrence.edu
- EarSay 718-791-4324, 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
- 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
- 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
- The Young New Yorkers, info@youngnewyorkers.org, 917.691.2244
- Lyrics from Lockdown National tour of hip hopera
- Prisoner Express (607) 252-6946
- 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 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
- Dances for Solidarity dancesforsolidarity@gmail.com
- The Town Hall lnoble@thetownhall.org
- Musicambia jessie@musicambia.org
- Flex Dance Program flexdanceprogram@gmail.com
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Otisville Theatre Workshop: Acting Out richardhoehler@ymail.com, 917-767-1550
- Center for Court Innovation Arts and Justice initiatives
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
- 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 Facility Maria Maneos
- The People’s Paper Co-op
- Shining Light ,717.867.5472, staff@shining-light.com
- Songs in the Key of Free,
- Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project info@yasproject.com or 267-571-YASP
New Jersey
- The Institute for Prison Teaching and Outreach Literary Magazine, cpoe@tcnj.edu
- 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
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 staff@PrisonsFoundation.org
- The Beat Within David Inocencio, dinocencio@thebeatwithin.org
- Voices Unbarred lori@voicesunbarred.com, (571) 357-2049
- Georgetown Prison Scholars Program (202) 687-0100
- DC Books to Prisoners
- Lorton Art Program lortonart@verizon.net