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

Getty Images/iStockphoto By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – In 1980, State Sen. Henry Mello and Gov. Jerry Brown secured $400,000 to fund one of the first prison arts programs in the nation, the Arts In Corrections (AIC) program, but after more …

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