The Therapy of Art

As I was reading a NYT article on Bronx school children, who were in an overcrowded school that found room for art, I was somehow able to link this image to that of artwork in prisons.

As a criminal justice minor, I have been in classes where I have learned that many prisoners create art on the walls. Of course this is a money saver, because it is one less thing that the D.O.C. has to paint or in certain cases decorate. But, beyond that, I think that this helps to rehabilitate the prisoners, and is also a form of therapy.