The Opposite of Free

Women who have recently served time in prison give voice to the injustices they experienced and find meaning in their pain through Beyondmedia’s performance “”Echoes of a Caged Soul”” by Palmela Thomas.

It is the latest piece of the performance “30 Days of Art and Education on Women’s Incarceration”. Echoes of a Caged Soul draws on Forbidden and unspoken truths about the realities of prison, delicately and creatively shared by women who have experienced first-hand the trauma behind and beyond the wall. A panel discussion with the audience led by vvomen former prisoners follows the reading.