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State Humanities Councils Gathering on Humanities and Mass Incarceration

by Prison Story Project | Apr 4, 2024 | News

On March 14-16, 2024, the Prison Story Project was honored to be an invited participant in “Inside and Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration, held at the University of Chicago. The three-day “convening” was sponsored by the Illinois Humanities...

Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incaceration

by Prison Story Project | Mar 12, 2024 | News

The Prison Story Project is proud to have been selected to represent Arkansas in the Illinois Humanities convening for state humanities councils at the Inside & Out: The Humanities and Mass Incarceration The Conference is Thursday, March 14-Saturday, March 16,...

Remembered Voices From the 2017 Mass Arkansas Executions

by Prison Story Project | Mar 12, 2024 | News

Seven years ago, on April 27, 2017, Rev. Kenneth Williams was the last of four men executed on Arkansas’ death row. The Prison Story Project team came to know and love Kenneth when we worked with him and ten other men in a storytelling/creative writing program...

Reviews from the Incarcerated Women’s Bookclub on Molly Brodak’s Book, “Bandit”

by Prison Story Project | Aug 13, 2023 | News

Our Creative writing director, Jane Blunschi, recently concluded a 4-week book study of “Bandit” with incarcerated women here in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Several of our book club members were so moved by Molly’s book they wanted to encourage others to...

New Book Study Begins with Molly Brodak’s “Bandit”

by Prison Story Project | Jul 27, 2023 | News

The Prison Story Project is leading a new book study with women incarcerated at the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center. Jane Blunschi is leading an in-depth study of author Molly Brodak’s book, Bandit: A Daughter’s Memoir. In the summer of...

Words Matter

by Prison Story Project | Feb 22, 2023 | News

Learn how words matter to those with criminal justice histories David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy
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This project is supported in part by an award from Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment of the Arts, Arkansas Arts Council, and foundations, corporations and individuals throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Recent News

  • Poetry in Louisiana Prisons and Communities!
  • Utah Film Showing of “On the Row”
  • Prison Story Extends Its Work
  • Interfaith Alignment to Host Prison Story Project
  • On the Row Trailer

Feedback

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  • Raina Joines on The Prison Story Project Receives an Artistic Innovations Grant from Mid-America Arts Alliance

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