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Fesette, Nick; Levitt, Bruce – Teaching Artist Journal, 2017
The Phoenix Players Theatre Group was founded by incarcerated theatre artists located in a maximum-security prison with the aim of creating a space where they can be witnessed in order to initiate a process of personal, cultural, and sociopolitical transformation. This article integrates research from trauma theory with theatre and social justice…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Theater Arts, Transformative Learning
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Halperin, Ronnie; Kessler, Suzanne; Braunschweiger, Dana – Journal of Correctional Education, 2012
Educational achievement has been shown to be negatively correlated with recidivism among those released from prison (Nuttall, Hollmen, and Staley, 2003). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a prison art rehabilitation program, Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), on inmate participation in voluntary educational programs. RTA…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, College Programs
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Blumberg, Marvin L. – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1976
The United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Center conducted a creative dramatics workshop for mental handicaps. Main objectives of the workshop were personality development and social improvement toward better job potential in the outside employment situation. (TA)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Creative Dramatics, Drama Workshops, Group Experience