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What: Not Alone support group for those with incarcerated loved onesDate: Feb. 25Time: 11 a.m.Place: Fellowship hall of LaFayette Presbyterian Church, 107 N. Main St.
Each year, the Georgia Department of Corrections reports that more than 52,000 offenders are locked up in the state’s prisons, but there are no statistics as to the number of countless friends and families the inmates leave behind.
These spouses, parents, siblings and children are left to face the stresses of navigating the legal system and awaiting hearings and trials – all while never knowing what’s truly going on with their loved one.
“It’s like a living nightmare,” said Jimmie Denson, a retired educator who knows the struggle all too well, though she didn’t want to go into details.
She and Cathy Meyer, a missions coordinator and pastor at LaFayette Presbyterian Church, have started “Not Alone,” a support group for those whose family members or friends have been incarcerated.