South

Delaware

  1. Prison Education  maureen.whelan@doe.k12.de.us, 302-857-3340

Maryland

  1. Knitting Behind Bars Lynn Zwerling, lynnzwerling@verizon.net, 410 868 5129
  2. Artivate info@goartivate.org, 301-588-7525
  3. Carpe Diem Arts busygraham@carpediemarts.org, 301-466-0183
  4. Goucher Prison Education Partnership 410.337.6033, GPEP.inquiries@goucher.edu

Virginia

  1. Art program at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail info@acrj.org, 434-977-6981
  2. The Messages Project list@themessagesproject.org
  3. Open Minds dcoogan@vcu.edu, 804.828.1331
  4. Inspiration Matterz
  5. Heard jahcollins@gmail.com
  6. Art for the Journey info@artforthejourney.org, 804-784-5357
  7. Humanities Behind Bars humanitiesbehindbarseducation@gmail.com
  8. Amplify Music rebecca@amplifymusicva.org, (540) 718-5220

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Division of Prisons Annual Creative Writing Contest, Annual Inmate Art Show
  2. Prison Books Collective prisonbooks@gmail.com, (919) 443-9238
  3. Nash Correctional Institutions 252-459-4455
  4. Hidden Voices Lynden Harris, lharris@hiddenvoices.org
  5. Working Narratives info@workingnarratives.org
  6. Inside Out at Warren Wilson Contact through this form, 1-800-934-3536
  7. Avery Mitchell CI in Spruce Pine (828) 765-0229
  8. Beyond Prison Artist Alliance– an art program at Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine. Contact Sarah Rose Lejeune at sarahroselejeune@gmail.com or beyondprisonartistalliance@gmail.com

  9. Justice Arts Initiative, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Detention Center Central and Juvenile Detention Center North, Charlotte NC. Contact mykell.gatesjamil@bechtler.org 

  10. Creative Writing: Joseph Bathanti, Poet Laureate of NC, teaches writing in prisons, 828-262-2337, bathantjr@appstate.edu

Georgia

  1. Reforming Arts   reformingarts@gmail.com
  2. Blackout Arts Collective atlanta@blackoutartscollective.com
  3. Synchronicity Theatre info@synchrotheatre.com

Florida

  1. ArtSpring Leslie Neal, artspring@artspring.org
  2. Art Program at Everglades Correctional Institute, Alejandra Chirinos, alechiri93@hotmail.com
  3. Exchange for Change 305-771-3241
  4. NOMAD Art Bus hello@nomadartbus.org
  5. O, Miami
  6. Open Books Bookstore & Prison Book Projectopenbookspcola@riseup.net

Arkansas

  1. The Northwest Arkansas Prison Story Project 479-871-4875, prisonstoryproject@gmail.com
  2. Compassion Works for All (501) 508-4334

Louisiana

  1. Angola Prison (225) 655-2592 
  2. Blackout Arts Collective (504) 339- 3154, neworleans@blackoutartscollective.com
  3. Operation Restoration’s info@or-nola.org
    (504) 684-9222
  4. Louisiana Prison Education Coalition 504-233-2522, laprisoneducationcoalition@gmail.com

Kentucky

  1. Shakespeare Behind Bars, Curt L. Tofteland, curt@shakespearebehindbars.org
  2. Calls from Home Radio Program esanders@appalshop.org, wmmtfm@appalshop.org, 606-633-0108
  3. Voices Inside-Northpoint Plays northpointplays@gmail.com, (859) 236-2747

Tennessee

  1. LIFE Program Richard Goode, richard.goode@lipscomb.edu, 615.966.5748 ext. 5748 

Mississippi

  1. Prison Writes Initiative (VOX Press), 662-816-4775, louis-bourgeois@hotmail.com

Alabama

  1. The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project  334-844-8946, apaepau@auburn.edu
  2. “Corrections” Serial Drama at Donaldson Correctional Facility contact@correctionssurvival.com
  3. Voices of the Incarcerated present Liberated Voices info@jeffersoncountymemorial.com