Poetic Justice: Restorative Justice through Theater

03/02/12 • 32 min

Inside/Out: Looking at Prisoner Realignment with the Poetic Justice Project on “Art of Peace” A collaboration of formerly incarcerated writers, artists, musicians, and actors. Featured guests will be Deborah Tobola, Artistic Director, Jorge Manly Gil, program manager and actor, and Whitney Elliott, actor. Poetic Justice Project is creating original theater examining crime, punishment and redemption. PJP has been performing across the state, and its participants have a recidivism rate of less than 2%. PJP is a program of the William James Association, a 501(c) non-profit organization. www.poeticjusticeproject.org

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