This is a workshop led by the Actors' Gang, a professional theater company based in Culver City, CA that teaches in prisons as part of their community service. Actors' Gang teaching artists shown here are Jeremie Loncka, Hannah Chodos, Christopher Bisbano, Christopher Bingley, and Cameron Dye.

The workshop depicted here is a "family day"—it is held in a visiting room, and families of the inmates are invited to attend. As you can see in the photos, several family members made the very long journey out to this prison in the southern California desert.

The class is part of Arts in Corrections; funding for these photographs was provided by the California Arts Council.

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