Paulette Carrington
Paulette Carrington is the second woman released in Pennsylvania, originally sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile. In a collaboration with Mary DeWitt, she is leading tours in an exhibition that features portraits of women with whom she endured several decades of incarceration. Through sharing their stories, her own memories of them, and her experience growing up in prison, Paulette hopes to ignite the conversation about the criminalization and mass incarceration of women. Specifically in the exhibit, both Paulette and Mary hope to shed light on the racial injustice within mass incarceration, and the specific reparations to be considered for others who have spent their lives as part of a corrupted prison system.
Awarded Grants
2018
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
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Overview
Mary DeWitt and Paulette Carrington will collaborate with the congregation at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral in September 2018 to lead tours of Mary’s portraits of life-sentenced women. Paulette, who is the second woman released in Pennsylvania sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile, has known and lived with these women for decades. Paulette, whose portrait is also on view, will talk about the effects of growing up in prison and her relationships with these women while leading tours of Mary’s paintings. Reparation for Incarceration will provide an opportunity for the visiting public to deepen their awareness of the serious crisis facing not just these women portrayed, but the larger community and nation.
