Ojore Lutalo Materials

Ojore Lutalo is an artist and activist released from Trenton State Penitentiary in 2009 after serving 28 years, 22 of those years in solitary confinement because of his political beliefs and activism. To keep his sanity during his imprisonment, he abided by a strict regimen of physical exercise, meditation, and study. Over the years, he began creating collages as a way to maintain his sanity and to convey the physical and emotional reality he experienced in solitary confinement. This series contains correspondence and artwork, produced by Lutalo.