Grady Hillman has worked as a teacher and consultant in about 200 adult and juvenile correctional facilities in 30 states and four countries. He has teamed closely with the US National Endowment for the Arts and the Federal Bureau of Prisons and is widely published.

Chapter 1: 1983-1992

Chapter 2: 1992-2002

Chapter 3: 2002-2005

Chapter 4: 2006-2011

Chapter 5: Epilogue

In Arts in Corrections, the author-a poet, translator and teacher-takes readers on a chronological journey through an annotated selection of 24 of his own publications from 1981 to 2014 which recount his experiences teaching, consulting and documenting US arts programs in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities.