Prison Writes Initiative

Feature in Minutes Before Six of VOX's forthcoming Parchman Prison Poetry. Best line of the day goes to lifer William McCain from his piece Ramblings from a Tired and Broken Lifer: "If I were a bird I’d be an eagle, soaring high above the clouds, dropping low to p**s on a crowd" What a line!

Poetry by William McCain - Minutes Before Six Ramblings From a Tired and Broken LiferBy William McCain I say that I don’t write poems, ‘cause frankly I hate Poetry.   But now I sit and write: problem is, I don’t have a damn clue what I might say.  As I sit here on a bunk made of metal in a building not made of much more, just like an o...

P.W.I. Huffington Post article about landmark theatre workshop/play at Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, Mississippi:

Mississippi prison graduates first class in theatrical arts Mississippi prison graduates first class in theatrical arts