NYT: Amid Despair in a Venezuelan Prison, Strains of Hope From a Music Program (23 June 2008)
Another branch of the remarkable Venezuelan El Systema is being offerred in the prisons. The idea is to assist prisoners in reclaiming their humanity.
I wonder if we made a point in the American prison system of helping the men and women feel like humans again - if we’d better serve them and the nation. Is there a way that art & music & creative writing can play a more meaningful role in the time that an inmate is incarcerated?
