Midwest

Wisconsin

  1. The Shakespeare Prison Project, shailor@uwp.edu
  2. Wisconsin Prison Humanities Project, wiprisonhumanitiesproject@gmail.com

Michigan

  1. Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP), (734) 647-6771, pcapinfo@umich.edu
  2. Shakespeare Behind Bars, info@shakespearebehindbars.org
  3. 6 Figures Playback Theatre Company Prison Theatre Program, (734) 487-0797, arich@emich.edu
  4. Project Community, pcinfo@umich.edu
  5. Humanize the Numbers, info@humanizethenumbers.com
  6. Children’s Literacy Network – Staying in Closer Touch, (734) 645-1320, elizabeth@childrensliteracynetwork.org
  7. Youth Arts Unlocked, youtharts.unlocked@gmail.com
  8. Shakespeare in Prison, frannie@detroitpublictheatre.org, (313) 974-7918

Illinois

  1. Music Technology at the Nancy B. Jefferson Alternative School, lharris5@cps.edu
  2. Arts and Music Programs for Education in Detention Centers (AMPED), engage@northwestern.edu 
  3. Still Point Theatre Collective, (773) 868-1700, stillpointc@aol.com
  4. FreeWrite Jail Arts + Literacy Program, ryan@freewritejailarts.org
  5. Storycatchers Theatre, (312) 280-4772, nmccarty@storycatcherstheatre.org
  6. Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center Arts Project, amoroz08@gmail.com
  7. Write to Release, info@writetorelease.org
  8. Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project, contactpnap@gmail.com
  9. Circles & Ciphers, circles.ciphers@gmail.com

Indiana

  1. Indiana Prison Writers Workshop, inprisonwritersworkshop@gmail.com
  2. Shakespeare in Shackles, (812) 237-3141, laura.bates@indstate.edu
  3. Moreau College Initiative (MCI), aseroczynski@hcc-nd.edu 

Ohio

  1. Oberlin Music at Grafton (OMAG) Prison Choir, jody.kerchner@oberlin.edu
  2. Ohio Prison Arts Connection, info@ohioprisonartsconnection.org
  3. Reentry Bridge Network, carol.briney@rbncenter.org
  4. ID13 Prison Literacy Project, contact form on website
  5. The Returning Artists’ Guild, thomas.kamisha@gmail.com 

Missouri

  1. The Staging Program at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, (314) 754-1850, contact sheet on website
  2. Prison Performing Arts (PPA), john@prisonartsstil.org
  3. Inside Dharma, contact form on website 
  4. Saint Louis University Prison Arts and Education (SLU PAEP), julie.oheir@slu.edu  

North Dakota

  1. Annual North Dakota State Penitentiary Arts and Crafts Sale

South Dakota

  1. Yankton Minimum Unit Garden
  2. 4pm Count Writing and Publishing, james.reese@mtmc.edu

Kansas

  1. Arts in Prison, info@artsinprison.org, (913) 403-0229
  2. Offender Victim Ministries, info@offendervictimministries.org, (316) 283-2038

Minnesota

  1. Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, info@mnprisonwriting.org
  2. Voices of Hope Women’s Choir, wearevoicesofhope@gmail.com
  3. Ten Thousand Things Theater, contact@tenthousandthings.org
  4. Art From The Inside, artfromtheinsidemn@gmail.com
  5. Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater, spdanth.sophia@gmail.com

Iowa

  1. Oakdale Prison Community Choir, mary-cohen@uiowa.edu, Facebook
  2. Liberal Arts in Prison Program, guenther@grinnell.edu