Hoagland said prison graffiti is similar to military graffiti — it’s the expression of people who are “essentially trapped.” Stephanie Hoagland of Jablonski Building Conservation works to preserve a ...

Prison art is one of the remaining curiosities in the old prison. ... An inmate drew rock-and-roll legend Jimi Hendrix on one cell wall. Another example of prison art in a York County Prison cell.

The cell block’s walls bear orders hand-stenciled on plywood signs: “Beds made by 8 a.m. No Smoking. No Yelling.” High up on one end are port holes in a metal wall where guards with guns ...

More than a decade after Pussy Riot cofounder Nadya Tolokonnikova was imprisoned in Russia for two years after performing a "punk prayer" inside of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ th ...

The unlikely activity is run by charity Fine Cell Work and produces elaborate quilts, cushions, rugs and wall hangings. Locked scissors. Its volunteers teach the sewing skills and the organisation ...

A particular set of constraints confronts incarcerated artists in their work: very little space, very few materials, but almost endless time. To put it more precisely, they are navigating endless ...

On the wall is a photo showing Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the creators of the Russian feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, in a blue prison uniform, seated at a small desk, with a bare ...

A local arts organization opens a new exhibit at Moore College of Art, today, that tells the story of Philadelphia's infamous Holmesburg Prison.

It shows two prison buildings with adjacent exercise yards and a portion of the prison wall ... Many of the prison’s cell ... Now known as Lukiškės Prison 2.0., the former prison hosts art ...