NWA Prison Story Project

NWA Prison Story Project We are a storytelling project that benefits women and men in prison.

Participants explore their truths through poetry, creative writing, literature, song-writing, and visual art. The goal of the Prison Story Project is to enable those whose voices have been locked away to tell their stories allowing communities to witness the humanity of the women and men we serve, through their own words.

It's hard to believe our last FB post was in 2023! We've been busy! The best way to keep up with us is on our website at...
06/09/2025

It's hard to believe our last FB post was in 2023! We've been busy! The best way to keep up with us is on our website at www.prisonstoryproject.com. See you there!

The Prison Story Project: Enabling men and women whose voices have been locked away to tell their stories, allowing communities to witness the humanity of people incarcerated through their own words. Pine Bluff Performance Culminating in a staged reading of their work performed by actors inside the....

We are back at the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center (NWACCC) with our second book study. We are reading Mo...
08/01/2023

We are back at the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center (NWACCC) with our second book study. We are reading Molly Brodak's book, "Bandit." Molly visited NWACCC December 2016 to read from "Bandit." We are proud remember Molly and share her work with the incarcerated women in our book study group. Remembering Molly Brodak

04/05/2023
03/18/2023

Friday, March 24 • 7:00 pm

Kenneth Reams is one of the 11 men we served on Arkansas' death row in 2016. He is appealing to the Governor of Arkansas...
10/14/2022

Kenneth Reams is one of the 11 men we served on Arkansas' death row in 2016. He is appealing to the Governor of Arkansas for clemency.

My friend Kenneth Reams has survived decades of imprisonment on death row even after The Supreme Court of Arkansas has affirmed the reversal of the death pen...

Please join us on December 16th at 6:30pm on the Central Synagogue livestream for an evening with founder and Executive ...
12/13/2021

Please join us on December 16th at 6:30pm on the Central Synagogue livestream for an evening with founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller Just Mercy, and acclaimed public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson. He will speak about his work, provide insight into the state of the criminal legal system in New York and around the country, and inspire us with stories from his incredible career helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

Ritual 4 Return, an innovative theater program that helps people returning from jail and prison re-enter society, will open for Mr. Stevenson with an original piece based on the experience of coming home. Central is proud to house Ritual 4 Return, and we are honored both by Mr. Stevenson's visit and the opportunity to support those walking the difficult path of teshuvah (repentance).

Don't miss this powerful evening, which will surely inspire and galvanize our ongoing pursuit of justice for all. This event is made possible by the generous support of the Himan Brown Charitable Trust.

Event Details:
Thursday, December 16th at 6:30pm
Join Us Here: www.centralsynagogue.org

In gratitude,
John Ducksworth, EMI NY
Rabbi Nicole Auerbach, Central Synagogue
Rabbi Hilly Haber, Central Synagogue

Welcome to Central Synagogue, a thriving Reform congregation in Midtown Manhattan. We work toward a world in which Judaism is central to our lives and is a profound and positive force for humanity.

10/22/2021

The Prison Story Project has been working with New York public defender and musician, Danielle Ponder on an EP project turning the writing of our friends on death row into songs. Here is a demo of a song she is working on. Words by former death row inmate, Kenny Reams, music by Danielle Ponder. If you're interested in learning more about this project, please visit our website www.prisonstoryproject.com.

Demo from Danielle Ponder, taking writing from men on Arkansas death row and turning that writing into songs.

09/14/2021

Attention NWACCC graduates! I have a number of unclaimed Prison Story Project photographs by Andrew Kilgore. They are portraits of women who attended our project in the past. If you had your portrait made and don't have a copy of if you know of someone who is missing hers, please reach out to me so I can them to their owners. Thanks!!

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09/10/2021

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama said it will allow a death row inmate's pastor to hold his hand during a lethal injection next month, a decision that was made to end litigation over the issue. Lawyers for Alabama wrote in a June court document that inmates can now have a personal spiritual adviser...

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In Fayetteville, AR: 12 incarcerated women, 4 months, 2 nights a week, using literature, poetry, storytelling, songwriting, creative writing. Edited and performed as a staged reading by professional actors inside the correction center and outside for the community.

In Pine Bluff, AR: 20-24 men, 2 day creative writing intensive edited into a staged reading and brought back to the Correction Center and performed by professional actors.

On Death Row, Varner Prison: 12 men, once a month on Saturdays from May - October 2016 with follow-up by US mail. Staged reading returned to the men on death row October 8, 2016. February 2017: State of Arkansas announces 8 men will be executed over 10 days just after Easter. April 2017: two of our writers were executed. two received stays of ex*****on.