Unlocked: Art and Experiences from Inside Virginia's Prisons, vol. 4

With this biannual online project, we seek to amplify the voices of the incarcerated in our state through their poems, spoken word, personal reflections, and artwork. In doing so, we not only lift the concerns and creativity of those behind bars, but we also provide a healing space where imagination and talent serve to restore and empower. Art humanizes, engages, makes us think, and creates connections. It has always been a powerful agent for change if we just unlock it.

Unlocked, vol. 4 includes poetry and artwork by: Mikey “Bear” Berryman, Alfonso “Quillz” Skyles, Piper Rountree, Charles Smith, David Sowers, Gwendolyn Burton, El Presynt, James P. Davis, Hazel Miller, Henry Herrera, Darren Harris, Canaan Swift, Michael Bryant, Babi Kitelonga (Congo Black), John Sherwood, Shounques Bynum, Wayne “Infinite” Thomas Jr., Tevin Sai’fullah McGougan, Anthony Winn, Sandra Krantz, Justin Vaughan, John Anderson III, Joel Aaron Burrell, Joshua Hairston, Quincy Cornell Jones, Tiocio Seward, Toby Stephens, Rachel Parsons, Ryan Brown, R. S. McCroskey III, Glenn Harrison, and Bethany L. Padron.