Loss of Liberty and the Pursuit of Theater

According to the New York Times, two years ago, inmates in California had access to opportunities in the arts, activities that probably reduced recidivism. Then, there was an arts coordinator in each of the 33 state prisons, overseeing a variety of theater, painting and dance. Not so today.

How tragic and shortsighted–We’ll be spending money locking people up longer because we didn’t spend less to provide access to the arts. Strikes me as cruel, though not unusual in American life.

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