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Life behind bars and beyond: Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre hosts panel sharing stories of incarceration in Southwest Virginia

Life behind bars and beyond: Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre hosts panel sharing stories of incarceration in Southwest Virginia

Update: 2025-09-22
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Recently at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, people shared how incarceration shaped their lives and families. Among those speaking was a local Democratic candidate for Virginia’s House of Delegates, who says the issue hits close to home. WFIR’s Conner Arthur has that story:



<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_122869" style="width: 640px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-122869">Virginia House of Delegates Democratic candidate Lily Franklin speaks at the Lyric Theatre on September 18, 2025</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_122870" style="width: 640px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-122870">Audience inside the Lyric Theatre on September 18, 2025</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_122873" style="width: 640px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-122873">A group of panelists speak on stage at the Lyric Theatre on September 18, 2025</figcaption></figure>The post Life behind bars and beyond: Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre hosts panel sharing stories of incarceration in Southwest Virginia first appeared on News/Talk 960-AM & FM-107.3 WFIR.
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Life behind bars and beyond: Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre hosts panel sharing stories of incarceration in Southwest Virginia

Life behind bars and beyond: Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre hosts panel sharing stories of incarceration in Southwest Virginia

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