The DOC is now anti-art.
Today Central Office issued an edict to take away ALL ACRYLIC PAINTS! Inmates can no longer express themselves through art.
A swarm of guards stormed the women’s’ home to take away every bottle of paint they ever purchased. TONS of money in a bag and gone! What next? Burning books?!
For a year these women have been demoralized by the Covid pandemic, denied visits and hugs from their families, and the DOC goes out of its way to demoralize them further???!! We are forming advocates to address this travesty.
UPDATE: We’ve learned a possible reason for the sudden ban on acrylic paints. Two inmates recently escaped from the Florence facility (they’ve been recaptured) by altering the lettering on their DOC clothing with acrylic paint. Seriously?
Break open a bottle of champagne or wine we’re going to celebrate ! The best news I’ve heard since visitations have been suspended. These inmates who are in prison for murder need to have a chitty life in prison. They should be locked up 22/7 with no note pads, colored pencils, paints. The person they murdered doesn’t have any of these luxuries so why should these killer ?