Voting Now Open for Inmate Holiday Art Contest
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
The Humboldt County Correctional Facility’s Inmate Holiday Art Contest has returned for its fifth year, offering the community a chance to get involved and help spread holiday cheer to those incarcerated in our county.
The Inmate Holiday Art Contest is a painting contest held within the correctional facility. As part of this contest, each housing dorm within the facility is provided with a canvas and painting supplies, and is tasked to work together to create a holiday scene. The community then gets to vote on the paintings with the winning dorm receiving popcorn and a movie as a reward.
The Sheriff’s Office has once again teamed up with the North Coast Journal to expand voting opportunities for our community. Voting is allowed daily and is open until December 18. Click here to see the entries and to vote.
“The holidays can be difficult for everyone, especially those incarcerated and away from family,” HCCF Programs Sergeant Delia Garcia said. “The Inmate Holiday Art Contest helps boost morale in the Correctional Facility, promoting positive rehabilitation and creating a safer environment for both the inmates and our correctional deputies.
This year’s artwork, along with years’ past, will be on display at the Humboldt County Courthouse, Ground Floor, through the month of December.
To learn more about the contest, visit: https://humboldtgov.org/2867/35653/Inmate-Holiday-Art-Contest.
The Humboldt County Correctional Facility’s Inmate Holiday Art Contest has returned for its fifth year, offering the community a chance to get involved and help spread holiday cheer to those incarcerated in our county.
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Auctioning off this artwork would be a great gift for the artists. It would give them purpose and possibly a new career after release. 98% of all inmates are freed so this is a true form of rehabilitation. At least this is a constructive use of time behind bars.
I was illegally detained in the HCCF for several years before the complaint was dismissed and I was released. As such, I can tell you from personal experience that this is nothing more than a facade. Yes, the “winning dorm” gets popcorn and a movie, but it is the HCCF that receives the true benefits, as they get all of this wonderful publicity for providing something “extra” for those presumed to be innocent and waiting for their day in court. No mention is made of those sleeping on the floor, of the mentally ill locked in their cells for 23.5 hours per day, or of the hundreds of injustices and violations taking place there on a daily basis. No mention is made because thongs like this dupe the public into thinking that their loved ones are well taken care of. Let me tell you now: they’re not. Stop buying into the crap peddled by the HCCF.
Thank you for your comments Shawn. It’s not hard to see that as true.
Is there anything that you believe the jail officials do, or that the public can influence to make conditions better there?
I’d vote for the one that isn’t creepy but I don’t use facebook.
All the artworks shown had a bit of a creepy side which prevented me from picking one. The idea to have this contest for the inmates is great and I hope it will continue with a few art pieces from the inmates that are on the so-called normal side of Christmas. Merry Christmas to all the inmates, and hopefully a much better New Year!
You know how they ask kids to draw things to find out what is bothering them? The same can apply for adults. That you find the artwork “creepy” might send you a message of the challenges they face, in incarceration and more broadly, in life. Vote for one. Show some compassion, Martin.