The gritty TV crime drama “The Wire” and one of its stars are part of a new effort by Boston officials and activists to help troubled young people explore ways to change their lives, The Boston Globe reports.

A curriculum developed over the past year by the actress Sonja Sohn, who played the detective Shakima Griggs on the acclaimed HBO series, and James Dauphine of Boston’s Ella J. Baker House will involve screenings of the show and question-and-answer sessions with participants about its parallels to their lives.

Ms. Sohn conducted a pilot of the program, called Rewired for Life, in Baltimore, where the series was set and filmed. The effort is an offshoot of Rewired for Change, a nonprofit group the actress founded with other “Wire” veterans to work in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

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