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How Some San Quentin Inmates Are Using Film to Hold Themselves Accountable
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Against a vista of rolling hills and palm trees, a five-man film crew is setting up for a shoot. They white balance the cameras, adjust the tripods, play with composition. One man roams among them with a smaller camera, getting coverage of the shoot. That’s not the only kind of coverage […]
Meet the Media Giant Housed Inside a Missouri Prison
Tucked into two storage rooms in the gym of Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, a small group of prisoners maintains a closed-circuit TV network that delivers bespoke television programming to ERDCC’s roughly 2,700 residents. The smaller of these concrete rooms contains two folding tables, three office chairs and three desktop […]
Offender made media giving back to society one project at a time
https://www.komu.com/news/offender-made-media-giving-back-to-society-one-project-at-a-time/article_117cc87c-dd6c-51fb-8563-9b81d413b852.amp.html JEFFERSON CITY – A select number of inmates at Jefferson City Correctional Center have been managing their closed-circuit cable channels for over 30 years. However, it’s a little known fact that the inmates now have an in-house media production studio. It’s called Jeff Town Productions, and since 1986 the program has evolved from having […]
Prison Network Broadcasting System
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/prison-network-broadcasting-system This article describes the development and operation of the Marion Correctional Institution’s (MCI’s) Prison News Network (PNN) Broadcasting Program, a closed-circuit video television station operated as a component of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s (ODRC) educational apprenticeship program. Abstract PNN was established in 1991 and produced its first video show, “Communicable Diseases […]
The Last Mile
TLM Webpage A team of social innovators who are breaking the cycle of incarceration with technical education and training that champions students’ success after their release. The Last Mile’s impact is a ripple effect that extends far beyond its classrooms and workplaces, touching the lives of incarcerated populations, the families of their students, and their […]
From prison cell to film set: program offering ex-cons a Hollywood ending
Manifest Works gives film industry training to former inmates. Many have built freelance careers; none has returned to prison. Article from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/10/film-industry-training-former-prisoners-hollywood-manifest-works
