In this combined presentation and panel discussion, Aaron T. Kinzel, lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, will provide information on and insight into America's carceral state and mass incarceration. Kinzel will then moderate a discussion with returning citizens about their current work in criminal justice reform, their personal connection to the criminal justice system, and their outlooks for the future.

Panelists:

• Mary Heinen-McPherson, Soros Justice Fellow and the Co-Founder of the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan
• Cozine Welch, published author and the Managing Editor of the University of Michigan's Prison Create Arts Project, Literary Review of Prison Creative Writing and a Co-Teacher of the Atonement Project
• Richard Griffin, author and Smart Justice Community Organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

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