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Defeating Doubt, Creating Change: How The Prison Fellowship Academy Prepares Returning Citizens for a New World

“I want so bad to help in the same way that I was helped.” Reentry can bring a whole new set of problems for returning citizens. Prison Fellowship Academy provides prisoners with the tools they need for reentry.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 8, 2020
Bibles for Prisoners | COVID-19 | Reentry
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‘Hold Your Head Up High’: Lecrae Takes the Gospel to Alabama Prisoners

“I was trapped in my own mindset. I was trapped into thinking that I had to be something that society said I had to be, instead of being what God said I was.”

By Emily Harris Greene
November 4, 2020
COVID-19 | Hope Event | Lecrae
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Restoring Voting Rights for Prisoners: How Felony Disenfranchisement Creates Second-Class Citizens

It’s election year, but not all Americans are eligible to vote. Felony disenfranchisement continues to create second-class citizens out of returning neighbors struggling to rebuild their lives after paying their debt to society.

By Emily Harris Greene
October 26, 2020
COVID-19 | Second Chances | Voting Rights
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What is Floodlight?

“Although COVID-19 may have closed the doors of America's prisons, it couldn't shut out the hope of the Gospel.” Through Floodlight, a new Prison Fellowship program, inspirational and educational content is available to prisons across the nation.

By Emily Harris Greene
October 6, 2020
Celebrate Recovery | COVID-19 | Floodlight | In-Prison Ministry
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Student-Led Helping Hands Club Aims to Help Society’s Most Vulnerable

"I couldn’t let these kids grow up without support." Amid a pandemic, American youth raise money for the Angel Tree Christmas program.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 22, 2020
Angel Tree | fundraiser | Maryland
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Reap the Whirlwind: How Kenny Dobbs Learned to Soar

Slam dunk legend Kenny Dobbs has made a name for himself in basketball, but his passion is helping at-risk kids get on the right track.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 15, 2020
Angel Tree Sports Clinic | Arizona | COVID-19 | New York
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Freedom Run: Hillsong New York Runs for Reform

Hillsong NYC ran a 280-mile relay from Manhattan to Washington, DC. to raise money for Prison Fellowship’s criminal justice reform efforts.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 3, 2020
Hillsong | New York | Washington D.C.
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Inside Journal’s R&O Edition: Essential Reading for Quarantined Prisoners

How the Inside Journal R&O edition was called into active duty and became essential reading for quarantined prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 2, 2020
COVID-19 | Inside Journal
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Second Chance Month 2020 Highlights

Prison Fellowship celebrates Second Chance Month every April to help unlock second chances for tens of millions of Americans with a criminal record. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our plans, as it did for most Americans. But it didn’t derail the second chance movement.

By Emily Harris Greene
May 12, 2020
COVID-19 | Second Chance Month
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Lecrae: Prison Ministry During the Time of COVID-19

Grammy-winning artist Lecrae joins Prison Fellowship President and CEO James Ackerman for a discussion about prison ministry in the current global health crisis.

By Emily Harris Greene
May 6, 2020
COVID-19 | In-Prison Ministry | Lecrae
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