Incarceration Imagination: A Talk with Richard Rivera

In tandem with the “Behind the Wall: Art & Writing From Prison” exhibit that’s up on our Main Reading Room, Richard Rivera is coming to speak at the library. If you’ve visited the exhibit, Richard’s piece is the charcoal drawing on the Letter Writing Station table.

About Richard:

Richard Rivera is associate director of Cornell’s Prison Education Program and outreach and reentry coordinator for Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources (OAR) of Tompkins County. He is also an ethnographic researcher looking at the intersectionalities of mental health, substance use, and homelessness in Ithaca’s homeless encampments commonly referred to as “The Jungle.” Richard received two college degrees while serving 39 years in prison.