With sad hearts, we tearfully announce the peaceful passing of Maynard “Jerry” Smith on July 8th at the age of 92.… Read More

A letter in his father’s handwriting… He’d been in prison for over a decade, and in all that time, not … Read More

Keeping Kurrent podcast After hosting a screening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Prison, Wayne Potter of Keeping Kurrent invited … Read More

We Said It Ourselves They stood because they chose to. One by one, they stepped to the front of the … Read More

The broom that stood still. Set at the women’s prison in Wilsonville, Oregon. When we first brought the broom into … Read More

She kept playing. The rain had been steady all morning, tapping a rhythm against the unit’s roof. It gathered in … Read More

Get off your bunk. Recently, OHOM organized a table read for our Columbia River writing class. After the men read … Read More

Uke ‘n Play Music Recital On September 20th, students in the long-running ukulele program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in … Read More

Tour of Past Lives I never expected to be amazed when I was asked if I wanted to tour a … Read More

Taiyah’s Time Outta Sight Outta Mind Music program assistant takes a moment to reflect. https://youtu.be/BbNJjFyO9sU?si=81D0AW6miEvEbDhy “Creating music or creating through … Read More