Sector Focus Resources: Creative Music in Rehabilitation and Incarceration
This is a collection of videos profiling what creating music in rehabilitation and incarceration looks like with four different musicians across Canada. The musicians reflect on their first steps getting into prisons, some of the ways in which music is made in prisons, self-care when making music in prisons, and what impact creative music practices might have in inmates’ lives both inside and during reintegration.
Louise introduces the project
Musician Profile
First steps: How these musicians got started making music in prisons
On her first steps making music in prisons
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On the challenges of getting into prisons
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On his first steps establishing the prison arts program Pros & Cons
Musician Profile | Project Page
On her artistic process and work in carceral settings
Musician Profile | Project Page
On the importance of music in prisons, rehabilitation and reintegration
On the efficacy of music in prisons
Musician Profile | Project Page
On the importance of music in prisons
Musician Profile | Project Page
On what making music in prisons means to him and inmates
Musician Profile | Project Page
Why and how is music useful in the context of rehab and incarceration?
Musician Profile | Project Page
On cultural sensitivities
On cultural sensitivities when working with Indigenous youth
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On prison culture, and issues experienced by inmates inside and outside prisons
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Three examples of programs: Why and how inmates may want to share their music
On a project with Indigenous youth in carceral settings
Musician Profile | Project Page
On anonymity and the ethics of content creation
Musician Profile | Project Page
On the importance of music in prisons
Musician Profile | Project Page
On self-care when doing work in prisons and rehabilitation
On self-care when working prisons
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Self-care before, during and after the project
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On the importance of connecting with Elders when working with Indigenous youth
Musician Profile | Project Page
Why to carry out a project in penitentiary
Musician Profile | Project Page
Reading and Resources
See more creative music projects in prisons here.
See Sector Focus Resources in: Health, Community, Education
See Hub projects in all sectors here.
Credits:
- Director: Louise Campbell
- Consultants: Leah Abramson, Moe Clark, Geremia Lorenzo Lodi, Hugh Chris Brown
