A panel of recognized experts will take a close look at religion in prisons as DePaul University continues its Islam: Image and Reality town hall series March 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N. Fremont St.

“Faith Behind Bars” panelists will include Frederick Al-Deen, a former administrative chaplain for the Federal Bureau of Prisons; Christie Billups, a chaplain at Kolbe House, a Catholic prison ministry at Assumption Church in Chicago; the Rev. Gregory Livingston of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Cynthia Roseberry, a criminal defense attorney who recently relocated from Georgia to establish a misdemeanor clinic at the DePaul University College of Law; Imam Abu Talib, a prison advocate and Muslim leader from New York; and Ed Yohnka, director of communications public policy for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

The panel discussion in free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by DePaul’s Islamic World Studies (IWS) program with support from DePaul’s Center for Interreligious Engagement and the Inner City Muslim Action Network of Illinois.

For more information about the IWS program, call 773 325-4905 or e-mail iws@depaul.edu.