/news/tags/incarceration incarceration en-US Copyright Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:01:03 GMT /npr-news/2023-02-15/imagining-freedom-will-give-125-million-to-art-projects-focused-on-incarceration Since 2020, the Mellon Foundation has given over $40 million to arts and humanities projects addressing mass incarceration. In all, it says, it will donate $125 million to such efforts. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:01:03 GMT /npr-news/2023-02-15/imagining-freedom-will-give-125-million-to-art-projects-focused-on-incarceration Anastasia Tsioulcas /news/government-politics/2021-09-20/summit-county-common-pleas-court-launches-mentor-program The idea of the program is to offer support and guidance for those who are being released from incarceration as they transition back into society. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:16:28 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-09-20/summit-county-common-pleas-court-launches-mentor-program Abigail Bottar, Kelly Krabill /community/2021-08-24/poetic-reentry-for-cleveland-man-a-chance-to-speak-up-be-heard Sam Stokes shares poetry he wrote in prison and talks about he hopes to inspire others through his performances. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:00:00 GMT /community/2021-08-24/poetic-reentry-for-cleveland-man-a-chance-to-speak-up-be-heard Justin Glanville /news/government-politics/2021-08-27/poetic-reentry-a-thousand-books-in-five-years Growing up, Wesley Dirmeyer read more than a lot of his friends, but he started living and breathing books once he went to prison. Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/government-politics/2021-08-27/poetic-reentry-a-thousand-books-in-five-years Justin Glanville /news/2021-08-20/poetic-reentry-cleveland-heights-man-uses-verse-to-free-his-mind For Da'Jon Carouthers, the biggest contrast between free life and incarcerated life is the noise. Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-08-20/poetic-reentry-cleveland-heights-man-uses-verse-to-free-his-mind Justin Glanville /news/arts-culture/2021-08-13/poetic-reentry-becoming-himself-not-a-character Before Jonathan Young began writing poetry through the ID13 Prison Literacy Project, he spent a long time trying to "fit in" with others around him. Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/arts-culture/2021-08-13/poetic-reentry-becoming-himself-not-a-character Justin Glanville /news/2021-08-06/poetic-reentry-from-a-rooftop-a-beacon-of-light Cardell Belfoure had been writing poetry for several years before joining the ID13 Prison Literacy Project while incarcerated at Grafton Correctional Institution in Grafton, Ohio. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:00:31 GMT /news/2021-08-06/poetic-reentry-from-a-rooftop-a-beacon-of-light Justin Glanville