Katizana art workshops bring hope to inmates amid Haiti’s increasing prison challenges

Katizana art workshops bring hope to inmates amid Haiti’s increasing prison challenges

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Joosnel Trézil and Ebens Edzer St-Ford, two inmates at Haiti’s National Penitentiary— the central civil prison in Port-au-Prince—began drawing in their cells as a way to endure the harsh conditions of incarceration. In 2017, they founded Katizana, an art initiative designed to showcase inmate-made creativity by creating illustrated cards that can, in turn, generate donations to improve their living conditions in prison. Launched…