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DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition

“The fact that people are not safe in our prisons … is a scandal, that’s a stain on our honor,” said Pat Nolan, vice president of the Prison Fellowship and a former member of the independent commission.

Focus on the Family, George Soros’s Open Society Policy Center, the American Conservative Union and the American Civil Liberties Union are all furious with Attorney General Eric Holder—and amazingly enough, it’s about the same thing.

By Dan Froomkin
August 17, 2010
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Advocates: AG Should Do More to Fight Prison Rape

 

Advocates for prison inmates on Tuesday accused Attorney General Eric Holder of “dragging his feet” on adopting national standards for preventing rape in prisons.

Justice Department statistics show that an estimated 4.5 percent, or 60,500 inmates, report being victims of sexual assault in federal prisons, said Pat Nolan, vice president of outreach program Prison Fellowship.

By Illena Morales
August 17, 2010
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Advocacy Groups Push Back on Delayed Prison-Rape Standards

 

An odd coalition of religious groups, human-rights advocates and prison reformers is pushing the Obama administration to hurry new standards designed to eliminate rape in the nation’s prisons — standards that are already two months overdue.

“At this moment, standards to eradicate sexual assault in prisons await your approval,” the groups wrote in an Aug.

By jtan
August 17, 2010
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Christians, Human Rights Groups Join to End Prison Rape

It is estimated that 60,000 prisoners are sexually abused each year. Marilyn Shirley was one of the victims.  This is her story.

By Lillian Quon
August 17, 2010
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Christians Advocate for Prisons To Adopt Tougher Standards To Combat Rape

Prison Fellowship has partnered with other Christian and prison rights groups across the political spectrum to lobby Attorney General Eric Holder to adopt standards established out of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Nolan was part of the panel which put together a set of standards to help facilities from local jails up to federal prisons stem the tide of prison rape.

By Peter Elliott
August 17, 2010
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The Big Threes

Every forty-five seconds, a prisoner gets released. Walking through the gates to the outside may be easy.  But staying out—in a world fraught with responsibilities, decisions, and opportunities for failure—can overwhelm ex-prisoners. Recidivism rates testify to this difficulty.

So what makes staying out such a challenge, and how can ex-prisoners get help to succeed?

By Alyson Quinn
August 13, 2010
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The Road Home

Robert* was going home—if he could figure out how. An ex-prisoner who encountered Christ behind bars, he felt led upon release to start somewhere new. He sold his possessions, scrounged up $500, and set off in a donated van with no fixed destination.

By Alyson Quinn
August 13, 2010
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Unified Congress Repeals First Mandatory Minimum

For more than 14 years, Prison Fellowship’s reform arm, Justice Fellowship, has worked to make sentences for drug crimes fairer. We have been part of a large number of groups working to narrow the disparity in sentences between crack and powder cocaine.

By Pat Nolan
August 13, 2010
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Left and Right Unite to Bring Justice to Drug Laws

 

In an important victory for justice, President Obama today signed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, putting an end to the 100-to-1 disparity between punishments for crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

The passage of the bill was a pivotal point in the fight to correct imbalances in our sentencing laws.

By Pat Nolan
August 3, 2010
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Virginia Corrections Head: Stop Locking up Those ‘We’re Mad At’

Virginia spends too much money locking up nonviolent offenders and not enough on programs to help criminals transition into life after prison, Department of Corrections director Gene Johnson said Tuesday.

Speaking at a statewide conference on prisoner re-entry, Johnson said the state should stop doling out lengthy prison sentences to nonviolent criminals and those with drug convictions and instead focus on locking away violent criminals—and then helping them successfully re-enter society when their prison sentence is over.

By Dena Potter
July 27, 2010
Virginia
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