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Mayoral candidates say they want to use the arts to address civic problems. Some even see it as an important part of anti-violence work.

For almost 10 years, the People’s Paper Co-op has used art to help women get out of jail, and to get people’s criminal records expunged.

Los Angeles-based photographer Alyse Emdur’s ongoing project Prison Landscapes sources images from visiting rooms of U.S. prisons to offer a rare and powerful window into the world of incarceration. The inspiration behind the project dates back to 2005 when she came across a photo of her visiting her brother in a state prison at age five. The project pairs portraits of inmates in front of prisoner-painted backdrops—photos that have been sent to her through years of correspondence with inmates—with images she took of these backdrops within various prisons, revealing the stark contrast bet...

Virginian photographer Mark Strandquist's current project attempts to bring humanity and conversation to the U.S. prison system, connecting the 2.3 million incarcerated Americans with the general public. Some Other Places We've Missed invites prisoners to answer the question "If you had a window in your cell, what place from your past would it look out to?" Detailed memories of the location and a description of how it would be composed is then passed outside the prison walls and photographed for them. The exchange is documented through the images taken and hand-written desc...

Performing Statistics is making big art with a big mission.