THE WRITERS IN PRISONS PROJECT:

The Writers in Prisons Project is a collective of educators, writers, performers, scholars, and community members in Wisconsin. We believe all people have a right and responsibility to thoughtful self-expression and literary engagement. We are committed to making a space for this to happen in one of the most under-served areas in our respective communities: our prisons.

In partnership with correctional facilities, we offer voluntary classes in literature, memoir, poetry and spoken word, and African American studies for inmates. These classes are not accredited, as we are not a University program, but all facilitators are highly skilled volunteers who believe that making space for this kind of engagement and education can help to reduce recidivism, improve literacy, and increase our joint humanity.

If you would like to learn more about the participants and volunteers involved in this program, visit our "Who We Are" page, if you would like to know about the services we offer, see our "What We Do" page, and if you'd like to get involved in the collective or would like to support arts in corrections in other ways, visit our "Get Involved" page. Find links to articles about the project and it's volunteers on our "Media" page, and find links to additional resources on arts/literacy in prisons, offender and community advocacy, and general information about prisons in Wisconsin and around the United States on our "Resources" page. Many thanks for visiting us here.

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