Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing
"And Still You Expect Greatness," Volume 5 of the Michigan Review of Prisoner Creative Writing, is available now!

New Gallery
See the complete works from the Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners, shown in Ann Arbor in 2009.

PCAP Workshops
U-M students and community volunteers facilitate arts workshops in Michigan adult correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, and urban high schools.

Welcome to the Prison Creative Arts Project

The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) was founded in 1990 with the mission to collaborate with incarcerated adults, incarcerated youth, urban youth and the formerly incarcerated to strengthen our community through creative expression. Housed in the University of Michigan’s English Department, faculty and students work with community members both inside and outside prisons to engage in workshops in theatre, dance, visual art, creative writing, slam poetry, and music. Annually, PCAP hosts the largest prisoner art exhibition in the world and publishes a literary journal of writing by incarcerated authors. With arts programming and events year round, the organization serves as a creative hub for those with links to the criminal justice system, community volunteers, faculty, students, and university staff.

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