It’s well known Oklahoma incarcerates the highest percentage of females in the nation. During this Women’s History Month, OU-Tulsa and Poetic Justice team up to present ‘Grey Matter’, a documentary exploring the subject. Megan Hickey is the Director of the film. Poetic Justice is a program to let women behind bars write about their feelings. She interviewed women at Mabel Basset prison and focused on their writings. On a panel after the film was former inmate, Sophia Carbajal. She is a success story, now out and working as a coffee house manager in Claremore and continuing to mentor those still behind bars.
During the forum at OU-Tulsa, poetry written by incarcerated women was displayed and viewed after the documentary was shown.