Work After Prison Programs
GoatPrison_ftr.jpg' alt='Work After Prison Programs' title='Work After Prison Programs' />Prison Writing PEN America. Founded in 1. 97. PEN Prison Writing Program believes in the restorative, rehabilitative power of writing and provides hundreds of inmates across the country with skilled writing teachers and audiences for their work. It provides a place for inmates to express themselves freely and encourages the use of the written word as a legitimate form of power. PENs Prison Writing Program sponsors an annual writing contest, publishes a free Handbook for Writers In Prison, provides one on one mentoring to inmates, conducts workshops, and seeks to promote inmates work publicly through literary publications and readings. The Joliet Prison Photographs On April 1st, 1969, I was sentenced to a term of from two to six years at hard labor in the Illinois State Penitentiary, for possession. The Prison Writing Contest Prizes are sponsored by the generous support of the Greenburger Center for Social Criminal Justice. Programming for PEN Americas Prison Writing Program is made possible in part by generous funding from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Work After Prison Programs' title='Work After Prison Programs' />