Abstract
In a time of structural upheaval in the prison system, this article draws attention to the positive and ongoing contribution of arts projects to the debate surrounding effective and transformative prison education. The focus here is on Good Vibrations, a music project involving the Javanese gamelan ensemble that has been active with considerable success in male and female prisons, young offenders' institutions and secure hospitals in England and Scotland since 2003. This article takes an ethnographic approach and reviews the particular impact of this project from several perspectives, including prisoners, prison administrators and teachers, placing the project in the larger context of the role of the arts and education in dealing with the social problem of reoffending.
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