Twice, and sometimes even three times a week, Kathie Klarreich enters the front entry gate of Dade Correctional Institution to teach creative
writing. Armed with a see-through plastic carrying case filled with pencils, paper, and the day’s assignments and handouts, she’s ready to bash the monotonous lives of the prisoners with stimulating reads and intriguing prompts to get the creative juices flowing, something which prisoners are rarely afforded in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC).