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| State to expand arts programs at 14 prisons |
| By thereporter.com |
| Published: 06/09/2014 |
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SACRAMENTO >> For seven years, inmates at a Southern California state prison have learned to express themselves through acting, acquiring skills that actor Tim Robbins says can change their lives. The program will now expand as the California Arts Council and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Thursday that the state will spend $2.5 million over the next two years to bring the arts to 14 state prisons, including California State Prison, Solano in Vacaville. Robbins has starred in movies including "The Shawshank Redemption," ''Bull Durham" and "Mystic River." He is also artistic director of the Actors' Gang Prison Project, which has offered theater arts programs in California prisons since 2006, including the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco for the last seven years. Read More. |
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