Kaleigh Atkinson | EXPO Wisconsin

Kaleigh Atkinson is an artist specializing in photography and video. From 2018-2022 her former partner was incarcerated and she found the work of EXPO, The Community, and The Way Out and began to collaborate with these organizations founded by previously incarcerated individuals. Seeking community and creative outlets with people who understood her struggle began to light an intense fire to “Correct The Narrative” around individuals who have a criminal record.

She specializes in documentary filmmaking and vulnerable storytelling in order to help heal the collective. Her photographs capture the natural essence and beauty of anyone in front of the camera. She’s traveled the world studying yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, and hosts retreats globally sharing this spiritual knowledge with other seekers. She also teaches yoga locally in Milwaukee.

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People in our communities without direct experience with incarceration are often ill-informed of the negative, and catastrophic, effects on earnings and employment, physical and mental health, housing and education, and family well-being created and perpetuated by the carceral system. Through our advocacy work in local and state government, EXPO creates space, opportunity, and support for system-impacted individuals to raise their voices about the systemic and institutional harm of the incarceration. In the words of one of our organizers, EXPO’s work “shines a light of awareness and truth where others refuse to acknowledge.”