For all the contentious, divisive issues that have recently dominated national headlines, there is one policy issue that continues to receive broad, bipartisan support—the need for meaningful sentencing and corrections reforms in the United States. And with new efforts by President Obama to highlight the need for changes, the time may be right for a significant transformation in how we view prisons and the men and women inside them.
By Steve Rempe
July 17, 2015
El Reno | John Cornyn | mandatory minimums | Obama Administration | Oklahoma | overcrowding | Prison Rape | Rand Paul | ReentryIt’s altogether too easy for those of us with little or no connection to prison to dismiss and ignore the men and women behind bars. Content to live our own lives, we are quick to conclude that the incarcerated “got what they had coming to them,” and to write them off as inconsequential.
By Steve Rempe
July 16, 2015
Angel Tree | Christianity Today | Face of God | her.meneutics | Imago Dei | Justice Fellowship | Prayer Team | Remember the PrisonerDenise Harris is the field director for Prison Fellowship in Detroit, Michigan.
On a beautiful summer day, nearly 70 former prisoners, mentors, and Prison Fellowship staff descended upon the rolling hills of the Colombiere Conference and Retreat Center in Clarkston, Michigan, for a day they’d never forget.
By Denise Harris
July 14, 2015
Colombiere | Dray Hill | Goodfellas for God | Huron Valley Women's Correctional Facility | Michigan | Reentry | Retreat | Rocco Morelli- « Previous Page
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