Maine Inside Out

Maine Inside Out (MIO) creates art, builds culture, and develops leadership to realize a world where everyone matters and belongs. MIO creates and shares original theater for community change, centering the leadership of people with lived experience of incarceration. Since 2008, MIO has engaged over 300 youth ages 12-30 to create and share original theater Inside Maine correctional facilities, in the community, and in public schools. MIO's work focuses on building connections, belonging, and purpose, and the organization is regarded as a national model for engaging youth leadership and enacting community change.