Gabriel City » Paintings http://gabrielcity.com Gabriel City is a community for the tens of millions of Americans directly affected by our criminal justice system. We come together to share our stories and help to shape new ones. Inmates and the formerly incarcerated, family members of those serving time, men and women under community supervision, professionals in criminal justice and corrections, and the victims of crime; we support and respect each other as we work to break the endless cycle of crime and incarceration that afflicts our nation. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Art Behind Bars in Florida Prison http://gabrielcity.com/video/art-behind-bars-in-florida-prison.html http://gabrielcity.com/video/art-behind-bars-in-florida-prison.html#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:46:09 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=2073 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:

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]]> http://gabrielcity.com/video/art-behind-bars-in-florida-prison.html/feed 0 Prison Art Gallery http://gabrielcity.com/video/prison-art-gallery.html http://gabrielcity.com/video/prison-art-gallery.html#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:43:29 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=1452 The Prisons Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that promotes the arts and education in prison.

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]]> http://gabrielcity.com/video/prison-art-gallery.html/feed 0 Jail Art http://gabrielcity.com/video/jail-art.html http://gabrielcity.com/video/jail-art.html#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:02:19 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=1454 Michael Vance from Dakota County Jail talks about art being a positive force in a otherwise negative setting.

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