Capstones

Graduation Date

Fall 12-13-2022

Grading Professor

Lauren Friedman

Subject Concentration

Health & Science

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

People inside New York prisons have started rehabilitative programs to grapple with the crimes that sent them to prison in the first place. The state doesn't create or emphasize these programs, but incarcerated people have taken the initiative to the programs and take hold of their rehabilitation.

https://www.wyattlstayner.com/programs-in-prison

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Charles Moore poses with a graduation photo in his Yonkers home. Moore earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree while incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossing, New York, for a second-degree murder conviction. During his 17 years in prison, Moore used multiple prison programs to to educate himself and take accountability for the life he took.

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Jose Saldana poses with his wife Rosa Saldana in their Bronx home. While incarcerated at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, Jose Saldana created Challenge to Change with two friends. The program explores past trauma and how that can connect to the present. His wife Rosa typed out the 60-page curriculum for Challenge to Change.

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Charles Moore now works at Rehabilitation Through the Arts, where he brings art workshops to prisons. Moore has a framed poster of his own play that he wrote called “The Gate.” The play, which is about the parole process, debuted in April.

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