poetry & artwork

We’re here to share the stories of incarcerated women with you – the community at large – to increase understanding and compassion about who these women are and how prison impacts their lives.

“I come to have a voice and be heard. To give our pain a face, and have our superiors look that beast in the eyes. I want the fire that I feel inside to ignite the wick of idea, of voice. I want to help. To feel helped.”

-wiVT participant
  • string-and-ink, LS 12-12
  • string-and-ink, SH 12-12
  • string and ink drawing by Norajean
    Artwork by Norajean
  • confusion – RS
  • art by TD
  • sunrise to sunset – AMc
  • quiet – KW
  • words of encouragement from her experience
  • “Love me as I am..and remember who that is,”collage by MG, 10-12