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PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Warden Exchange

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Transforming Corrections in America: A Conversation With Kerensa Lockwood

Kerensa Lockwood’s history in the criminal justice arena brought her to Warden Exchange. Now she’s using her background to bring positive change to corrections.

By Emily Andrews
April 26, 2022
Corrections | interview
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A Warden Exchange Alum Takes the Helm

Chris Hendry led a cultural change as warden of a Florida prison. Now, he's the national director of the program that helped his former facility thrive.

By Maria Mallory White
September 22, 2021
department of corrections | Florida; Interview
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When ‘No’ Turns Into Decades of Prison Ministry Service

Sam Dye was comfortable, well paid, and in charge as a director at a large government agency. Then he answered an unexpected request that ultimately led him to prison ministry.

By Maria Mallory White
July 27, 2021
In-Prison Ministry | Iowa
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Stand Together Foundation Announces $660,000 Investment in Prison Fellowship’s Warden Exchange Program

Investment enables Prison Fellowship to double efforts to transform prison culture through supporting prison wardens.

By Prison Fellowship
December 15, 2020
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The Key to Safer Communities Is Better Prisons

Despite recent reforms, the United States still has the largest prison population in the world. America’s prisons need a culture shift if we’re to see an end to the cycle of crime and incarceration.

By James J. Ackerman
June 27, 2019
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Warden Exchange: Making Safer Communities Inside and Out

Warden Exchange is changing the way we think about prison.

By Prison Fellowship
June 18, 2019
Reimagining Prison
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Asking Tough Questions: Prison Fellowship Podcast

How can prisons better serve society? By making safer communities inside and out.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 29, 2018
Justice that restores | podcast | Reimagining Prison | Sam Dye
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Remembering Those Who Work in Prison

Tim Buchanan meets with every prisoner when they arrive at his correctional facility. "It is not my place to judge these men for the offense which lead to their incarceration," the 45-year-old Warden says. "but rather to instill the concept of accountability for their choices they make moving forward."

By Emily Harris Greene
September 11, 2017
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Year in Review: Changing Prisons and Changing the World

For 40 years, Prison Fellowship® has been going into correctional facilities, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with those behind bars, and offering the hope of true transformation. Through the use of Bible-based programming, and with the help of thousands of committed volunteers, lives are being changed, hope is being restored, and darkness is being replaced with the promise of a future.

By Prison Fellowship
December 21, 2016
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Prison Officials Look to the Future at Warden Exchange Residency

Amazing! Outstanding experience. The most impacting, rewarding development of my leadership skills and relationships. These are the words of wardens, deputy wardens, and assistant wardens after participating in Prison Fellowship’s recent Warden Exchange program residency in Minneapolis.

The two-day residency began with a comparison between European and American prisons, led by Association for State Correctional Administrators president Leann Bertsch and Colette Mazzucelli, a New York University international relations professor.

By Katie Milne
October 10, 2016
Minnesota
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Life Without Mom

One of the less obvious statistics about crime and incarceration is also one of the most significant.

Nationwide, there are 2.7 million children with at least one parent behind bars. These kids are forced to deal with feelings of abandonment, shame, guilt, and loneliness, and face not having their mom or dad present for the landmark moments of their young lives.

By Steve Rempe
August 12, 2016
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A Girl Who Wants to Go to Prison

A version of this story originally appeared on the Huffington Post.

For some time I have felt a desire to work in a prison. I’m not exactly sure why. Could it be because of my prison visit three years ago? Perhaps. 

By Allison McNulla
July 8, 2016
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Creating Harmony Through Hip Hop at Rikers Island

Remember the classic Coca-Cola ad from the 1970s? The one about teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony? The marketers knew they could touch a chord in people’s hearts about the power of music to promote peace, to unify.

That’s what young prisoners at New York’s Rikers Island—the nation’s second largest jail complex—are experiencing.

By Heidi Baumstark
July 6, 2016
Columbia University | Creating a Constructive Prison Culture | Hip Hop | music | New York | Rikers Island
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Rebuilding the System

When the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia was first built in 1829, it promised to be the leading edge of what was to be a reform of the corrections systems around the world. In contrast to other prisons that focused primarily on retribution, Eastern State put an emphasis on reform instead of punishment, and served as the model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.

By Steve Rempe
June 29, 2016
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Corrections Officials and Depression

Prison can be a dark, lonely place. The isolation; the ever-present threat of violence; the cold, bare walls and heavy iron bars—it’s not surprising that some of those inside corrections facilities struggle with maintaining their emotional and mental health.

And that struggle is not just limited to prisoners.

By Steve Rempe
June 3, 2016
Michigan
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