Brandi Carlile Performs For Gig Harbor Inmates In New Mini-Doc

GIG HARBOR, WA — Alt-rock country musician and King County native Brandi Carlile's visit to the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor was captured in a mini-documentary premiering on Rolling Stone Country this week.

For the tenth year in a row, in support of the IF Project and her own Looking Out Foundation, Carlile, who hails from Ravensdale, performed an acoustic set for inmates.

"My greatest heroes have really paired their music with humanitarian efforts, activism, so I wanted to do that right away," Brandi Carlile told Rolling Stone, which noted her foundation has, to date, donated $100,000 to the IF Project's mission to help incarcerated inmates tell their stories. "I believe the voices of incarcerated women should be amplified almost above all the rest."

According to Rolling Stone, the IF Project focuses on "intervention, prevention and reduction in incarceration and recidivism, and also works with young adults to identify better choices and to learn from people that have been in their shoes."

Carlile said she believes the women in the program "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," she said. "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."

See the mini-documentary on Rolling Stone Country, or check out LookingOutFoundation.org/The_IF_Project.

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