The Wizard of Oz Behind Bars

Thursday, 22 May 2014 | by Pat's Picks

There’s Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow all on stage. It’s a production of the Wizard of Oz. Except these performers don’t get to go home when the show’s over. The Cincinnati Enquirer details the efforts behind putting this production together at the Ross Correctional Institution. One issue they ran into was the palace guard uniforms looked too much like real prison guard uniforms, so they had to be changed. The production was funded entirely from commissary sales and vending machines in the visiting area.

SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer