On the sixth floor of Mecklenburg County’s detention center, past the visitor’s area, a new recording studio gives inmates the opportunity to express themselves through music.
The studio is equipped with a sound proof recording booth, a small keyboard and production equipment. In the studio a mural of the late Swedish DJ Avicii is painted on the white cinderblock walls.
The recording studio is a part of the jail’s rehabilitation efforts in a program called “Rhythm and Reflection: A Journey to Reformation.”…