2012 Presenters

Michael Krupa

Michael P. Krupa is the founder and CEO of Health Partners New England, a psychiatric and substance abuse healthcare management and consulting company, and he is the current board chair of Concord Prison Outreach.  He and his teaching partner, Dick Shohet, have led weekly book discussion groups at MCI Concord and at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley. The book groups share an appreciation of poetry, short stories, and novels with inmates who span a range of reading abilities and educational backgrounds. Participant sentences range from shorter-term to life without the possibility for parole. A sample of the books used in the program include The Odyssey, Great Expectations, Mr. Pip, Heart of Darkness, Remains of the Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, Henry V, and many more.