Regina White Benedict, PhD (1976-2021) was Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program at Maryville College, USA, a program she founded. With a passion for social justice, Benedict studied incarceration as a gendered experience, focusing on the complex identities and lives of older female inmates from a feminist perspective. The Dr. Regina White Benedict Scholarship at Maryville College was established in 2022 to support students of criminal justice, especially non-traditional women working toward their college degree at Maryville. Lois Presser is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. Beth Easterling is Associate Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Program at Mary Baldwin University.