Art fades in California prisons

An emotional outlet for convicts largely falls victim to thinner budgets

By Adam Nagourney / The Bulletin
July 1, 2011

NORCO, Calif. — Fifteen men darted across the room, their faces slathered in greasepaint, reciting lines from “Tartuffe.” The stage, such as it was, was a low-ceilinged recreation room, and the cast was a troupe of felons who had just stepped in from the dusty yard of the California....

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