Community Partners in Action's annual Prison Art Show is underway, through May 28, at Capitol Community College in Hartford, Conn. The show features the work of 152 artists from 17 Connecticut correctional facilities. See the CPA Web site's home page for the remarkable poster (downloadable). Community Partners in Action, Inc., (formerly the Connecticut Prison Association) is one of the nation's oldest nonprofit agencies. It began in January 1875 as the Friends of Prisoners Society to work in the brand-new field of criminal rehabilitation. The Prison Arts Program, started in 1978, provides classes and projects, as well as publication and exhibition opportunities, to people incarcerated in several of Connecticut’s correctional facilities. The program has an annual Journal and a permanent collection that travels to public schools, universities, libraries and community centers. The program is supported by donations and the sale of artworks by prisoners, which are available on the CPA Web site. [LINK]