Joyceville & Grand Valley Institution Release Second Collection of Songs – Paint In The Forest and Private Town
Kingston, Ontario — In 2012, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Hugh Christopher Brown received permission to go inside Joyceville Institution (then named Pittsburgh), with the intention of bringing inmates together to express themselves in a song-driven sanctuary. The music rehabilitation Pros and Cons program was founded and is now an integral part of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Prisoners participating in the program do so on a volunteer basis and have opportunities to learn guitar, piano, percussion, songwriting, as well as music production…