Indiana Writers: Indiana Prison Writers Workshop

Indiana Prison Writers Workshop describes its purpose as

Our creative writing workshop offers an outlet for justice-involved individuals to write and express. The workshop also reaches those who have experienced violence in their homes and communities to engage in self-reflective writing and to connect with their vulnerability. By using writing as a tool, participants find confidence and courage to write from their hearts. The voiceless become empowered and, together, we find hope and healing through written words. We don’t wait for feelings and problems to fester – we write about them. Support is offered for alumni once released from prison including publishing opportunities in online journals and in print. 

Do not think this a waste of your taxes. These programs give their participants an alternative to crime.

Read the participants' work here and here.

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12/29/21