Midwest - The Justice Arts Coalition

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.

Wisconsin

The Shakespeare Prison Project Jonathan Shailor, jonathan.shailor@gmail.com
Oakhill Prison Humanities Project oakhillprisonhumanitiesproject@gmail.com

Michigan

Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) Vanessa Mayesky, 734-647-6771, pcapinfo@umich.edu
ARRO Prison Poetry Project
ACE Academy – Visual Art Classes and Empty Bowls
6 Figures Playback Theatre Company Prison Theatre Program, Dr. Anita
Rich, 734-487-0797, arich@emich.edu
Project Community, 734-764-6324, projectcommunity@umich.edu
Shakespeare Behind Bars, Curt L. Tofteland, curt@shakespearebehindbars.org
Humanize the Numbers, drawing, photography, theater, printmaking
Children’s Literacy Network – Staying in Closer Touch, 734-645-1320, Elizabeth@childrensliteracynetwork.org

Illinois

Storycatchers Theatre Nancy McCarty, 312.280.4772, nmccarty@storycatcherstheatre.org
Cradle2Prison Project, cradle2prison@gmail.com
Still Point Theatre Collective, 773-868-1700, stillpointc@aol.com
Beyondmedia Education – Women and Prison Project 773-857-7300, info@womenandprison.org
FreeWrite Jail Arts + Literacy Program ryan@freewritejailarts.org
Chicago Girl Talk chicagogirltalk@gmail.com
Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center Arts Project Alex Moroz, amoroz08@gmail.com
Music Technology at Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School, Alex Moroz, amoroz08@gmail.com
Write to Release, info@writetorelease.org
Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project contactpnap@gmail.com
Circles & Ciphers, restorative justice through the arts, Circles.Ciphers@gmail.com

Indiana

Shakespeare in Shackles Laura Bates, 812.237.3141, laura.bates@indstate.edu
Sisterhood Christian Drama Ministries
Hanover College summer drama program Paul Hildebrand, hildebrand@hanover.edu
Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility Visual art, yoga, art therapy
Indiana State Prison Poetry, essay contests, book clubs
Poets-Behind-Bars Sponsored by the Creative Righting Center, Sherry Reiter, 718-998-4572, sherryreiter@yahoo.com
WVCF Theatre Troupe Dr. Jacquelyn Frank, 217-581-7843, jbfrank@eiu.edu
Westville Education Initiative (WEI) ASeroczynski@hcc-nd.edu

Ohio

Reentry Bridge Network
UMOJA Men’s Chorus
Grafton Prison Choir, Jody Kerchner
Toledo Museum of Art partnership with the Lucas County Juvenile Court Glassblowing & metalwork
Ohio Prison Arts Connection info@ohioprisonartsconnection.org
ID13 Prison Literacy Project

Missouri

Prison Performing Arts (PPA) chris.limber@prisonartsstl.org
Staging Old Masters
Inside Dharma kalen@insidedharma.org
Saint Louis University Prison Arts and Education (SLU PAEP) prisonprogram@slu.edu

North Dakota

Annual North Dakota State Penitentiary Arts and Crafts Sale

South Dakota

South Dakota State Penitentiary Prisoner Art on Display
Yankton Minimum Unit Garden
Revealing the Inner Inmate: Expressions of Art and Poetry from Inmates in South Dakota Prisons Lawrence Diggs, me@ldiggs.com
4pm Count Writing and Publishing james.reese@mtmc.edu

Nebraska

Prison Art Contest at the Lincoln Correctional Center
CrossOver Prison Ministries’ Poetry Book 402-733-2795, CrossOverPrisonMinistries@cox.net

Kansas

Arts in Prison info@artsinprison.org or 913.403.0229
Offender Victim Ministries Music, drama, creative writing, visual art, book club
Ellsworth Correctional Facility Theater
Hutchinson Correctional Facility Men’s chorus
Prisoners Paint the Masters Correspondence and Exhibition, Kristin Schodorf, Kristin009@yahoo.com, 620-515-4092
Topeka Correctional Facility, women’s prison: Sisters of Survival creative writing group, daveranney52@gmail.com or Sharon.Sullivan@Washburn.edu