ART IN SOCIAL REHABILITATION: A HUMANISTIC AND CORRECTIVE MODEL OF FOLK INFLUENCES

Art is made by people behind bars as it is indigenous part of human being and prison culture. Artmaking programs that vary in design, governance and coverage have a power to rehabilitation and restoretion of human dignity and actually develop community and individual resiliency. Many promising practices that employ arts programming operate in correctional venues, some based in a philosophy of humanism, including an array of prevention, intervention and after-care programs. There is significant data shows that the high rate of recidivism can be drasticeally reduced through arts programs. The paper provides historical and theoretical background regarding organized arts programming with diverse marginalized populations.