This amazing article in the Huffington Post was sent in by Laurie Cronin, who writes:
'Programs like this, including a variation of El Sistema, are finding their way into prisons and correctional facilities. Why? Because it provides what the inmates lack and have probably lacked most of their lives: structure, mental and emotional discipline, a sense of community, recognizable goals, and a feeling of accomplishment when those goals are met. Can it permanently change these people, some of whom are convicted murderers? Perhaps not – I don’t know that I would want to try to take a violin away from any of them! But the more important question is, if they had been exposed to this art earlier, could their crimes and subsequent wasted lives have been avoided? Probably not in all cases – but I have to believe that in many, it would have provided a stabilizing and civilizing force absent from the rest of their life. And that would make all the difference in the world.'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/hiland-mountain-correctional-center-orchestra_n_2231119.html?utm_hp_ref=arts&ir=Arts
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