Careful With That Axe, Eugene: Lansing Inmates Get Guitars

By PETER RUGG

Thanks to Scott Burnett, the Lansing Correctional Facility’s maximum-security inmates might have a guitar-therapy program.

This past spring, Burnett purchased six acoustic guitars and donated them to the prison. Burnett’s gift was inspired by British folk musician Billy Bragg‘s program Jail Guitar Doors, which provides musical instruments to inmates. Burnett hopes to establish an active arm of the group here in Kansas City.