Tightwire offered a platform for artistic expression for incarcerated women in Canada’s only female federal penitentiary. It also informed readers of current proposals in law reform. Included in the format were short stories, poems, artwork, quotes, puzzles, and jokes. Tightwire was published four times a year. Thirty-one issues are available (from 1978-1993) at http://penalpress.com/en/name/tightwire/
The Kingston Prison for Women closed in 2000.
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