Brandi Carlile has visited inmates at The Washington Correction Center For Women in Gig Harbor, Washington for the past 10 years. Her experience from 2017 was captured in a newly posted mini-documentary video.
Done in conjunction with her Looking Out Foundation, Carlile can be seen visiting the prison during last year’s holiday season. The charity organization works closely with the Washington Corrections Center For Women’s If Project that is founded on Detective Kim Bogucki’s question for inmates, “If there was something someone could have said or done that would have changed the path that led you here, what would it have been?”
“I believe the voices of incarcerated women should be amplified almost above all the rest,” Carlile told Rolling Stone Country, where the video premiered. “They have something to teach us from a place that can only be perceived as complete humility and a desire to change our hearts. When used for wisdom and a beacon to light the path of young people, these testimonies are sometimes a matter of life and death. I need to be a part of this movement because while I have my freedom, I can’t fully see the forest for the trees.”
The video also shows Carlile performing the song she wrote for her daughter, Evangeline, entitled “The Mother” that was part of the set she played for the inmates. Watch the mini-doc below:
