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Karen Lausa

Karen Lausa was the founder and director of the Words Beyond Bars project, a nonprofit that introduced literature and creative writing to the incarcerated population in Colorado state facilities. She is currently a member of the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative, where she merged her program into their workshops.