The Monroe County Detention Center in Key West Florida has an innovative art program that has been going on for 15 years. Helping inmates by giving them healthy outlets for rehabilitation.

Founded by Lynne Vantriglia in 1994, the program is a nonprofit and claims to “significantly increase the effectiveness of incarceration at reducing the number of re-offenders, saving the tax-payers of Monroe County over $2,000,000 and increasing the availability of revenue producing Federal use units.”
You can find out more information on the website and watch this 1o min video about the project:
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Art, behind bars, Florida, Paintings
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The Prisons Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that promotes the arts and education in prison. 
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 | Tags: abstract, Art, Paintings, Prison
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Michael Vance from Dakota County Jail talks about art being a positive force in a otherwise negative setting.
Monday, August 24th, 2009 | Tags: artists, Paintings, Prison, prison art
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