From The New York Times March 1, 2009 ESSAY Read a Book, Get Out of Jail By LEAH PRICE In a scuffed-up college classroom in Dartmouth, Mass., 14 people page ...
This spring Carnegie Hall presents Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy, curated by renowned soprano Jessye Norman. In support of this...
From all.gov http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/A_Growing_Industry_in_Hard_Times__Prisons_90309 A Growing Industry in Hard Times: Prisons Monday, March 09, 2009 ...
U.S. News and World Report March 20, 2009 Chicago Deals With a Rise in Student Deaths Chicago Public School students have lost 28 of their classmates so far ...
From The NY Times March 22, 2009 COUNTY LINES For Young Inmates, Judgment’s a Theme By KATE STONE LOMBARDI PLEASANTVILLE THE images in the movie trailer come...
From The Washington Post Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment April 6, 2009; By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Children raised in poverty...
April 5, 2009 From Poughkeepsie Journal April 5, 2008 Vassar initiative cheered; helps prisoners prep for freedom By Allison Good The New York Department of...
From Dayton Daily News April 5, 2009 Tough challenges face teachers, students in schools behind bars State correctional facilities are making improvements...
Albert M. GreenfieldRestorative Justice Program http://www.muralarts.org/whatwedo/special/greenfield.php The Albert M. Greenfield Restorative Justice Program...
From the Los Angeles Times April 6, 2009 A Year at Locke From 'camp' to class In the Opportunities program, kids returning from juvenile detention are finding...
From The New York Times April 13, 2009 Voicing Pain Through Performance By ANNE BARNARD Standing in a circle, in a windowless classroom near an on-ramp to the ...
April 15, 2009 LETTER For Youth, Second Chances To the Editor: “Missouri System Treats Juvenile Offenders With Lighter Hand” (news article, March 27)...
From The New York Times April 28, 2009 Documentary Asks, ‘After Prison, Then What?’ The Answer Is Often More Prison By GINIA BELLAFANTE “The Released,”...
From The New York Times May 5, 2009 Justices Agree to Take Up Sentencing for Young Offenders By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday...
From Youth Today May 13, 2009 Obama Budget Cuts Some Youth Programs, Grows Others Mentoring, abstinence ed and juvenile justice lose, AmeriCorps wins, after...
Proposal for International Journal of Community Music Special Edition: Music and Criminal Justice Guest Editor: Mary Cohen Edition focus: This special edition...
From The Huffington Post via Frank Dody We Can Pay for Education Today - Or Prisons Tomorrow By Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis May 14, 2009 High school...
From Newsday.com Prison play canceled in NY over fight with unions May 17, 2009 WOODBOURNE, N.Y. The show won't go on after all. A troupe of 18 inmates at the...
By Adam Bosch Times Herald-Record Posted: May 17, 2009 - 2:00 AM WOODBOURNE — State prison officials have lowered the curtain on an inmate theatrical...
From Broadwayworld.com THE CASTLE Ends Its Off-Broadway Run 5/23 At New World Stages The hit Off-Broadway hit play, The Castle, will give its final performance...
Achieving their Promise: Children of Incarcerated Parents (CIP) Symposium John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the NYC Department of Youth and Community...
SAVE the DATE Opening Reception Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Community Gallery Exhibition in honor of Student Artwork produced at The Austin H. McCormick Island...
Sharing Information From Ronnye Hightower On Wednesday, April 22, 2009, Horizon Academy’s Arts in Education Program (SPECTRUMS) located on Rikers Island...
From Education Week June 2, 2009 Preventing High School Dropouts Can Start in 4th Grade By The Associated Press It's graduation time, but not for everyone. One...
Opening Reception Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Community Gallery Exhibition in honor of Student Artwork produced at The Austin H. McCormick Island Academy, Horizon...
From New York Daily News Prison Picassos: Queens museum event to show Rikers GED students' art BY CLARE TRAPASSO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, June 16th...
June 17, 2009, 11:22 AM From The New York Times June 17, 2009 At Queens Museum, Inmates’ Artistic Visions By SEWELL CHAN They fell into trouble with the law,...
From Community Arts "Concrete Steel & Paint," a new documentary featuring the work of the Mural Arts Program at Graterford prison, debuts July 23, 2009, in ...