Now through Sunday, a new immersive art installation at Cherry Street Pier highlights youth incarceration and the need to prevent it. RosemaryConnors has a firsthand look at the exhibit and what it means.
is now home to an art installation that is focused on ending youth incarceration by displaying art about incarcerated youth.
“Freedom Constellations,” is an informative and immersive experience put on by multiple nonprofit organizations in the city, including Performing Statistics and Mural Arts Philadelphia, and the goal is for people to see what it means to lock up kids and it does so with virtual and augmented reality.“These people behind these walls are people too, they have a voice just like I do and all the people I work with,” Maria Murray, a Juvenile Law Center youth advocate, said.
The art installation doesn’t just focus on youth incarceration but it also highlights the need for prevention. The exhibit shows statistics such as how much money is spent to incarcerate youth versus how much is spent on community resources that could be keeping them from ending up incarcerated, said Mark Strandquist fromThe installation was done in partnership withLocal
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