A participant in Up A Creek Theatre walks us through an ordinary day inside Coffee Creek, from the 4:30 AM wake-up through work in the carpentry shop to an evening prayer. Small freedoms, hard indignities, and quiet grace.
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At the music lab at Columbia River Correctional Institution, people come together to make music, try new things, and share what they’ve been working on. One night, something happened that nobody expected. It started with a jam session and turned into a moment that reminded us why making music together matters.
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This story describes a ukulele class at South Fork Fire Camp from the perspective of the facilitator.
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This story examines the experience of passing through prison gates from gendered perspectives.
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