South Atlantic

Please note: The Justice Arts Coalition does not offer any programs. The following are independent prison arts programs we have identified in this region. To learn more about the programs below, please contact the programs directly. 


  1. Avodah Dance Ensemble
  2. Prison Arts Program Delaware Dept of Corrections


  1. Maryland Correctional Institution – Hagerstown (MCI-H) Annual Art Exhibition
  2. Knitting Behind Bars Lynn Zwerling,
  3. ReWired for Change
  4. Artivate
  5. Carpe Diem Arts
  6. Goucher Prison Education Partnership
  7. The Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings 

Washington, D.C.

  1. Free Minds Book Club (202) 758-0829,
  2. Prison Fellowship International International art competitions and exhibitions
  3. Safe Streets Arts Foundation Dennis Sobin,
  4. Prisons Foundation Dennis Sobin,
  5. Blackout Arts Collective
  6. The Beat Within  David Inocencio,, (415) 503-4170
  7. Voices Unbarred, (571) 357-2049
  8. Georgetown Prison Scholars Program
  9. DC Books to Prisoners


  1. Art program at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail
  2. Prison Theatre Workshop course Betsy Rudelich Tucker,
  3. The Messages Project
  4. Visual Art at Wallens Ridge State Prison
  5. Open Minds
  6. Inspiration Matterz
  7. Heard

West Virginia

  1. Giving Back with Heart Prisoner Art Auction

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Division of Prisons Annual Creative Writing Contest, Annual Inmate Art Show
  2. Creative Writing: Joseph Bathanti, Poet Laureate of NC, teaches writing in prisons, 828-262-2337,
  3. Internationalist Prison Books Collective
  4. Art class at Nash Correctional Institution
  5. Hidden Voices Lynden Harris,
  6. Working Narratives
  7. Art program at Avery Mitchell CI in Spruce Pine
  8. Jail Arts Initiative in Charlotte-Mecklenburg,
  9. Inside Out at Warren Wilson Contact through this form
  10. Chatham YDC String Ensemble

South Carolina

1. Spartanburg County Detention Center Therapeutic arts programming, Deputy Robert Duclos, Programs Coordinator, 864-596-2607, ext. 115 and


  1. Reforming Arts  Wende Ballew,
  2. Blackout Arts Collective
  3. The Prison Sketchbook Project
  4. Synchronicity Theatre


  1. ArtSpring Leslie Neal,
  2. Art Program at Everglades Correctional Institute, Alejandra Chirinos,
  3. Exchange for Change 305-771-3241
  4. O, Miami
  5. Open Books Bookstore & Prison Book Project