Jabbar Collins Freed After 15 Years
Jabbar Collins, a member of Rehabilitation Through The Arts in Green Haven Correctional Facility, was freed earlier this week after 15 years behind bars.
Jabbar Collins Arrives Home
Jabbar Collins’ case was the lead story on ABC Eyewitness News and hundreds of other media outlets after evidence that the Brooklyn DA’s office never turned over crucial information to the defense. According to The New York Times, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s agreement not to retry Jabbar was ”a rare and embarrassing admission by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office — which had initially insisted that Mr. Collins be retried — that the case had been mishandled.”
Jabbar Collins in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
In Green Haven, Jabbar was an active participant in Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA), which operates in five New York State correctional facilities. He led an excellent cast as Randle McMurphy in RTA’s recent production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, capturing the larger-than-life swagger, charm and flaws of the character. The performance was received with wild enthusiasm by both prisoners and the community guests.
Jabbar’s RTA family is thrilled to see this fine man free, reunited with his children and family.