Building a Prison Garden in the US Southeast

This chapter discusses the building of a women’s prison in the Southeastern USA. The rationale for the program as well as the resources required to launch the program is examined. Gender, poverty, race and ethnicity, and their connections to incarceration and food insecurity are examined. A clinical sociology rights-based approach to bring better fresh food access and educational opportunities to incarcerated women to improve their well-being is discussed. The first 4 years of the Rockpile garden program’s experiences are discussed using a clinical sociological framework of human rights.