It might be the oddest pairing of two individuals since Oscar Madison and Felix Unger: a conservative, law-and-order attorney general hiring a convicted sex offender to work in his office while he attempts to clear the man from the charges that caused him to spend 27 years in prison.
A small town in Alabama is introducing a unique program aimed at reducing recidivism, and has drawn the ire of some civil liberties groups as a result.
Named “Operation Restore Our Community,” the program gives first-time, non-violent offenders in Bay Minette, Alabama, the option of either serving jail time or attending the church of their choice every Sunday for a full year.
A recent story in the Christian Post examines the story of Luke Woodham, a mass murderer in Mississippi who is 14 years into a life sentence. Woodham is now applying for clemency, claiming, “I am sorry for my crimes and I am asking for a chance to live the new life that God has given me.”
On Saturday, September 24, Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson will take part in a discussion on personal ethics and the moral course of modern culture. The event will be simulcast live at numerous locations nationwide, as will also be available for personal viewing on home computers.
Today marks 40 years since the conclusion of the deadliest prison uprising in United States history. On September 13, 1971, New York State Police stormed the “D” yard at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York, retaking the maximum security prison that had been seized by roughly 1,200 of the 2,250 inmates four days earlier.
It is estimated that at least 350,000 inmates currently in jails and prisons nationwide suffer from mental illness. It is a staggering figure, made even more sobering when one considers that the modern corrections system was not designed to deal with such inmates, and is ill-equipped to provide adequate care and treatment for them.
There are few more polarizing public figures today than Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. For every person that finds his story to be an inspiring story of redemption, there are others who find Vick unredeemable due to his conviction on charges of running an illegal dogfighting ring.
Don Walker has walked a unique path to his current role as a volunteer Bible teacher in two Kansas prisons. It started with a 25-year career as a pastor at a Kansas City church, and developed during a short stint as a prison guard in the detention center in his hometown of Leavenworth, Kansas.
In the wake of the devastating tornado that destroyed much of Joplin, Missouri, inmates in the Missouri correctional system are doing what they can to assist those working to restore the town.
As a part of the Department of Corrections’ restorative justice program, inmates are creating “cool ties” and pillows to distribute to volunteers working amidst the rubble.
Jim Liske talks with Dr. David Schuringa from Crossroad Connection about his call to serve as CEO of Prison Fellowship, and his vision for the ministry.
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Serving Life, a look at inmates who volunteer to provide hospice care to fellow inmates nearing the end of their life sentences, airs tonight (8/28) on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Hank Stuever at the Washington Post has a good review of the program here.
Prison Fellowship® (PF) is pleased to announce two highly qualified new leaders to take the helm of its 35-year-old ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. Beginning in July, Jim Liske will serve as the organization’s new CEO, and Garland Hunt will serve as president.
Today Prison Fellowship® announced the appointment of James Liske as the ministry’s CEO. Liske, who currently serves as senior pastor at Ridge Point Community Church in Holland, Michigan, will begin his term with Prison Fellowship in late July. He succeeds Tom Pratt, who has served as interim president since October 2010.
The Wall Street Journal has published a review of Byron Johnson’s new book, More God, Less Crime. Johnson complied and considered a variety of studies “that measured the possible effect of religion on crime.” The list was long (273 studies).
Approximately 320 guests, including actor Stephen Baldwin, attended Prison Fellowship’s screening of the new movie Loving the Bad Man. Following the screening, a panel discussion was held on the movie’s themes of forgiveness and reconciliation and how they relate to prison ministry.
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