Learning empathy through art in prison
Inmates at Donovan state prison are learning more than how to sketch and paint in a special art program created and taught by a sociology professor. Inmates, many serving life sentences, said art is a form of freedom that allows them to learn more about themselves. Ref. Source 1j.
Painting and fine arts are excellent ways to rehabilitate inmates. Also in-prison art has a lot of tradition. Prison songs were some of the first of the Blues genre. And in all prisons, and especially in Russia, tattoo art has its own tradition and subculture.