NY1: Rehabilitation Through The Arts Helps Prisoners Build Life Skills

 

Frank Delila of NY1 interviews RTA member before "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

NY1 Reporter Frank DiLella attended an RTA production of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” last month in Fishkill Correctional Facility.  Check out his excellent story, that truly represented what RTA is about.

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RTA Featured on CBSNEWS.COM

Check out  CBSNews.com profile of RTA - A look at successful programs inside some of the country’s toughest prisons. 

“Unlocking a Future” offers a rare and intimate glimpse inside three New York State prisons, and at the lives of inmates still incarcerated, and two who were released – including one exonerated of murder. The series also profiles those working within the prison system to humanize life behind bars, providing hope for a better existence once they walk beyond those prison walls.

Don’t miss  the two sections on RTA, including Opening Night at Sing Sing

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See RTA Alumni “Dancing Freedom” April 18, at Vassar College

RTA Alumni Dance at Vassar College

RTA Alumni Dance at Vassar College

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Save May 18, 2012 for RTA’s Production of “A Few Good Men”

RTA production of "A Few Good Men" May 18, 2012, Sing Sing

Artwork by Jeffrey Clemente, RTA participant, Sing Sing

An invitation-only performance inside Sing Sing

Please contact us if you are interested in attending.

 

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RTA Does 15 Years

RTA celebrated its 15th anniversary on December 4, 2011 with alumni, volunteers, staff, board, friends and family. Read Clem Richardson’s article on this event in The Daily News

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