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Creating ‘Desistance’ – Reducing Crime When Reaching Adulthood – with Arts in Corrections; Fiscal Argument for Arts and Humanities Inside Prisons Made & Won in California More than 40 Years Ago

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 29, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – In 1980, State Sen. Henry Mello and…

Valley State Prison Residents Confront Vulnerability through Actor’s Gang Workshop Led by Oscar-Winning Actor Tim Robbins

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 26, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Imagine being afraid. Really terrified, okay? Think…

Incarcerated California Poets at Valley State Prison Ask Why Officials Impounded 80 Copies of PEN America’s ‘The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer’s Life in Prison’

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 25, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Several months ago, writer, podcaster and former…

Valley State Prison Residents Who Donated More Than 30 Works of Art to State’s Victim Services Safe House Program Now Asking Officials ‘Where Is the Art?’

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 24, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Scott Behnke, an incarcerated artist who co-founded…

Show Us Musical Instruments: How Searching for Hip-hop Influences in Prison Revealed a Racial Justice Cause Hiding in Plain Sight

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 23, 20240 comments

Portable MPCs are centerpiece beat-making production tools featured within Radical Reversal’s in-prison studio installations throughout the country….

The Problem with Adult Education Behind Bars: ESL Students Are Being Left Behind

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 22, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – At Valley State Prison (VSP), Associate’s and…

Laptops Behind Bars: Incarcerated Merced College Students Praise CDCR’s Technical Innovation and Support from Prison’s Vice Principal

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 19, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Skrybe, a published poet and spoken word…

Poetry Behind Bars: CSU Fresno English Professor Brynn Saito Conducts MFA-Style Poetry Workshop with Valley State Prison College Students

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 18, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Most people don’t realize that carceral state…

University of Arizona’s Poetry Center Invites Four Incarcerated California Poets to Appear on Podcast with Award-Winning Poet Randall Horton

By Benjamin FrandsenJanuary 17, 20240 comments

By Benjamin Frandsen CHOWCHILLA, CA – The externally published carceral poets the Mundo Press—Last Jedi Left, Skrybe…

Incarcerated Journalists Conduct Virtual Interview of Award-Winning Poets Reginald Dwayne Betts and Randall Horton for Columbia University’s MFA Annual

By Benjamin FrandsenJanuary 16, 20240 comments

By Benjamin Frandsen CHOWCHILLA, CA – Columbia University’s Incarcerated Writers Initiative recently issued its fourth-annual edition of…

Imprisoned California Artist’s Unconventional Ball Point Pen Illustration Published in Ivy League Literary Magazine – Parting With Art: Why California’s Imprisoned Artists Create Art They Cannot Keep

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 15, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press Photo Credit: Kamakazi Mergatroyd When the incarcerated artist known as…

From Death Row to Service: Life Prisoners in California Train Service Dogs for Valley State Prison’s Freedom K-9 Program

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 12, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – It’s Sunday morning in Valley State Prison’s…

A Youth Offender’s Travelog: Sight Seeing through California’s Carceral State from San Quentin to Valley State Prison

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 11, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – As a young Black man imprisoned in…

In Memoriam: Valley State Prison Residents Pay Tribute to Tireless Prison Reform Advocate Michael Latt Following Untimely Death in Los Angeles

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 9, 20240 comments

Photo credit: Muna Malik By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Acclaimed poet Reginald…

Arts In Corrections: A Seat at the Incarcerated Artist Roundtable at Valley State Prison

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressJanuary 8, 20240 comments

By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – “Voiceless, marginalized and disenfranchised” are among the…

Returning Citizen Benjamin Frandsen Normalizes Byline and Photography Journalism in His Post-Carceral Return to Valley State Prison

By Ghostwrite Mike, The Mundo PressNovember 10, 20230 comments

For years, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Mule Creek State Prison have been the only carceral communities…

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