looks at the "carceral state" of the United States and considers how music programs can shift the perspective of prisons and prisonersincludes song lyrics from incarcerated composersengages with the racial politics of prisons and US society -- in one example the prison would not allow a song to include the words Black Lives Matter for fear of repercussionsgoes beyond the idea of music for rehabilitation to show how music education contributes to personal and social growth and provides bridges between those incarcerated and the larger community