PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Press Releases

Evangelical Leaders Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Evangelical Leaders Push for Criminal Justice Reform

Evangelical Christian leaders are spearheading a campaign for criminal justice reform, calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration.

By Prison Fellowship
June 21, 2017
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‘Second Chance Month’—A Bipartisan National Movement

Update 3/31/2017–U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced a resolution that would designate April 2017 as "Second Chance Month."

By Emily Harris Greene
March 30, 2017
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Press Release: 140,000 Families of Incarcerated Men and Women to Receive Bibles This Christmas

Nation’s Largest Prison Ministry to Deliver the Good News in English and Spanish Through Zondervan Partnership

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2016—For the 2.7 million American children with an incarcerated parent, Christmas is bittersweet as they are separated from their imprisoned parent—often by more than 100 miles.

By Prison Fellowship
October 26, 2016
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Prison Fellowship Partners with NFL Alumni for Football Clinic for At-Risk Kids

Former NFL and College Stars Join in Football Clinic for Bay Area, East Bay, Fresno, and Sacramento Boys

REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 25, 2016—With the coming of fall brings football season, but 2.7 million children in the U.S. do not have the opportunity to throw a pigskin with their dad or mom because one or both of their parents are in prison.

By Prison Fellowship
August 25, 2016
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Prison Fellowship Announces Charles Colson Hope Award Recipients on 40th Anniversary

Honorees Include Sitting U.S. Senator, Legendary Prison Warden, Founder of Angel Tree, Former-Prisoner-Turned-Prison-Chaplain, and Longtime Ministry Supporters

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2016—Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest outreach to prisoners, former prisoners and their families, announced today by video the inaugural recipients of the Charles Colson Hope Awards, which will annually recognize people who have faithfully and courageously worked to restore those affected by crime and incarceration.

By Prison Fellowship
August 9, 2016
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Successful Media and Entertainment Executive to Head Prison Fellowship

“We just can’t ignore 2.2 million incarcerated people in America.” —James Ackerman

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2016—While many bemoan the fact that the U.S. incarcerates 2.2 million men and women in its prisons and jails—a 500 percent increase over the last 40 years—James Ackerman has decided to do something more.

By Prison Fellowship
July 12, 2016
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