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The compulsion and capacity for self-expression in penal institutions can be witnessed through the endless production of such creations as wall murals, graffiti, effigies, adornments, decorative envelopes, and tattoos. The intent of this paper is to examine the self-directed expressive endeavors of male residents at a county jail. The examples illustrate how the inmates, despite their impoverished and restrictive environment, were able to employ the image-making process as a means of enduring and adjusting to life circumstances within the jail environment. Several themes emerged; however, due to the limited scope of this paper, discussion is restricted to the themes of time, escape, anger, and redemption.

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Since the mid-1980s and throughout the 1990s a burgeoning population of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse has presented for treatment. This paper describes a time-limited, psychoeducational group in its 16th consecutive year of providing a safe, predictable, structured, and supportive milieu that breaks down isolation and mistrust while helping women understand the impact of abuse on their lives and empowering them to alter their victim identity. Within a 12-week format, cognitive, affective, and expressive arts approaches are used to address those aspects of current functioning most frequently impacted by abuse. This paper highlights the history, overall structure, focus for each session, and the role of art therapy in clarifying issues and mobilizing creative energies in service of personal growth. The Value of Group Therapy for Abuse SurvivorsYalom's (1995) well accepted 11 therapeutic factors for all forms of group therapy apply to this survivors' group, but the following 7 are the most consistently operative: the installation of hope, universality, imparting of information, altruism, the development of socializing techniques, interpersonal learning, and