Jail Guitar Doors USA empowers youth and adults impacted by incarceration through creative programs that support reentry, recovery, and employment
Jail Guitar Doors USA brings the universal healing power of music to historically marginalized communities and underserved populations, including system-impacted youth and adults experiencing incarceration. Our programs provide a creative and holistic pathway to successful reentry, recovery from past traumas, and gainful employment.
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Jail Guitar Doors
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Every donation supports music & arts education, mentorship, and reentry programs for youth and adults impacted by incarceration.
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WHAT WE DO
We provide instruments, arts programming, mentorship, psychotherapy, and reentry housing to individuals impacted by incarceration and mental health challenges.
Through our Creative Expressions Songwriting Workshops—taught by JGD-USA Teaching Artists inside correctional facilities—we promote rehabilitation, reduce prison violence and recidivism, and support successful reentry.
We also partner with policy advocates and organizations to help drive lasting criminal justice reform.
A Theoretical Framework and Quantitative Evaluation of Jail Guitar Doors USA
Larry Brewster, University of San Francisco & Mary L. Cohen University of Iowa
93% of respondents very much enjoyed JGD classes
89% reported less stress
83% reported they worked better with other incarcerated individuals
80% wanted to learn new skills
58% wanted to change their lives
53% were curious.
