Quoted: “I’m excited to be able to share their voice, their vision, their creative abilities with a wider audience,” Jose Vergara, a volunteer instructor at Oakhill, said. “I really wanted to get this writing and art out because a good chunk of it is really impressive. And I feel it should have a wider audience. Not simply because it’s made by inmates but because it deserves to be seen–it’s worthwhile art.”
Vergara is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Slavic languages and literature. He started teaching courses at Oakhill Correctional Institution in 2011 after receiving a grant from the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities.