American jails and prisons are filled with 2.2 million people, who are layered in stereotypes and prejudice. The consequences of mass incarceration cast a wide and ugly net of damage and trauma to people behind bars, their families and communities.

This study group for those 50+ will meet for 90 minutes on Thursday, December 1 and be led by instructor Judy Wenzel who has taught high school completion classes at the federal prison in Milan and has written a book called Light from the Cage: 25 Years in a Prison Classroom.