Artist Jesse Krimes remembers the despair he felt every time he was forced to stand for a mug shot. Each time, he stared down the lens with a mixture of disgust, defiance, and dejection.

Not long after Jesse Krimes entered Dauphin County Prison on federal drug charges in 2009, his mental health started to decline. Being locked in a cell for 23 hours a day quickly caused him to ...

Jesse Krimes vividly recalls the moment he chose to identify as an artist. During a year in solitary confinement, awaiting sentencing for non-violent drug-related charges, he had a life-defining ...

Jesse Krimes, the center’s founder and executive director, who has leveraged his successful art career to help other formerly incarcerated artists, says the center’s home “is a learning ...