Indigenous inmates at Cedar Creek find healing through totem pole art

Indigenous inmates at Cedar Creek are experiencing healing through totem pole art. Al Smith, a 64-year-old carver serving time at the facility, helped establish this initiative. Staff members state that this is likely the first program of its kind within a U.S. correctional facility. The project allows inmates to engage in traditional carving, fostering a sense of recovery and cultural connection while serving their sentences in the correctional system's unique environment.