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Congressman’s Plan to Address Poverty Emphasizes Judicial Reform

On Thursday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced the rollout of his anti-poverty proposal, “Expanding Opportunities in America.” In the proposal, Ryan highlighted the 2.2 million Americans currently incarcerated and pushed for loosening the economic burdens that these men and women face upon return to their communities.

By Prison Fellowship
July 25, 2014
Justice Reform | Paul Ryan | recidivism | sentencing | State and Local Initiatives
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Men Who Serve and Protect

The following post originally appeared as a BreakPoint radio commentary.

Now that Father’s Day is past, we can ignore dads again for another year. I’m joking, of course, but society isn’t. And that’s the problem.

We’ve discussed the cultural attacks on men many times before on BreakPoint, how pop culture is fond of portraying them as over-grown adolescents, or worse, as sadistic and violent haters of women.

By Eric Metaxas
June 20, 2014
Breakpoint | Eric Metaxas | Fatherhood | Fathers | Parenting | Wisconsin Family Council
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Uniting for a Common Goal

There aren’t too many things these days on which Republicans and Democrats agree.  Partisanship is high, and considering that this is an election year, the incentive for both parties to work together to solve problems is low.

There is, however, at least one issue that has elicited support from both liberals and conservatives: prison reform.

By Steve Rempe
May 8, 2014
Grover Norquist | Joan Blades | Justice Fellowship | Prison Reform | recidivism
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It’s Your Move

On a recent visit to a prison I met a man I’ll call “Tom.”

Tom’s past is typical of many stories I hear. He is a repeat, nonviolent drug offender. By day, on the outside, he was a truck driver, but he also sold drugs to supplement his income.

By Jim Liske
April 23, 2014
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The Architecture of Restoration

When the word “prison” is mentioned, a some very common images come to mind – cold, gray bars set against drab, colorless walls; small, dark cells intended to isolate and punish rather than to reform or rehabilitate.  Acres of razor wire surrounding these facilities bespeak the philosophy that those on the inside are to be set apart, not to be connected in any meaningful way to society at large.

By Steve Rempe
January 13, 2014
Justice Fellowship | New York | New York City | Prison Reform | recidivism
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Failure Experts

In a recent edition of Inside Journal®, Prison Fellowship’s newspaper for men and women behind bars, I asked our readers this question: What should we do to make our streets safer from gun violence?

You might be thinking, What would criminals know or care about stopping violence?

By Jim Liske
September 9, 2013
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When the Church Has No Room

The following article originally appeared on the Worldview Church website, a ministry of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview that is part of Prison Fellowship Ministries.

In Shawshank Redemption, “Red,” the character played by Morgan Freeman, calmly tells new inmate Andy Dufresne, “Haven’t you heard?

By Jim Liske
September 3, 2013
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New Sentencing Reforms “A Good First Step”

Speaking to a gathering of the American Bar Association in San Francisco on August 12, Attorney General Eric Holder announced sweeping changes to current sentencing practices that will allow for greater flexibility and eliminate “mandatory minimum” sentencing for many non-violent offenders.

By Steve Rempe
August 15, 2013
Craig DeRoche | Eric Holder | mandatory minimums
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UPDATE: FCC Votes to Cap Phone Rates in Prison

After years of work to limit astronomical phone rates in jails and prisons, we have reached a significant milestone!  At today’s open meeting in Washington, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 2-1 to cut the rates that prisoners and their families pay for interstate phone calls. 

By Craig DeRoche
August 9, 2013
FCC | Telephone Rates
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New Bill Seeks to Create Fairer Sentencing Practices

On August 1, senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a bipartisan bill known as the Smarter Sentencing Act, which will advance more effective and just criminal sentencing for non-violent drug offenses. The legislation is intended to refocus the Bureau of Prisons’ resources on the most serious offenders and crime prevention.

By Craig DeRoche
August 2, 2013
Craig DeRoche | Senator Durbin | Senator Lee | Smarter Sentencing Act
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California Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike over Solitary Confinement

More than 12,000 prisoners in the California correctional system have entered into a hunger strike to protest solitary confinement practices in the state’s prisons.  The hunger strike is the largest of its kind in California history, nearly doubling a similar hunger strike in 2011.

By Steve Rempe
July 13, 2013
California | Hunger Strike | Solitary Confinement
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Female Prisoners Sterilized without Approval in California

The following post originally appeared on Justice Fellowship’s weblog.  To learn more about Justice Fellowship and its work to reform the criminal justice system, visit www.justicefellowship.org.

An investigation has revealed that California’s prisons have been routinely sterilizing female prisoners. The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) released a report that found that prison doctors have performed tubal ligations on nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals.

By Pat Nolan
July 11, 2013
California | Eugenics | Sterilization
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The Solution to Crime

There’s a solution to crime, and it’s been staring us in the face for a long time. It’s not more education. It’s not better economic policies or a police officer on every corner. Economics, legislation, and policing are all important, of course, and followers of Jesus should be working vigorously in every area to promote justice and peace, but none of those things will actually solve the problem of crime where it starts: in the human heart.

By Jim Liske
July 11, 2013
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Standing in the Breach

At a graduation ceremony for students completing Prison Fellowship’s four-year Prisoners to Pastors program, a tearful dad confessed to me, “I thought my son would never complete anything but a prison sentence!”

We were at South Bay Correctional Institution in Florida.

By Jim Liske
May 16, 2013
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Congress Creates Overcriminalization Task Force

Can you believe abandoning a snowmobile in a life-threatening blizzard or digging up arrowheads can result in criminal charges?

These are a few unfortunate examples of “overcriminalization.”

New criminal laws that do not include a criminal intent requirement and the duplication of federal criminal laws that already exist at the state level have made it impossible for reasonable citizens to know all the criminal laws and regulations that could land them in jail or prison.

By Heather Rice-Minus
May 13, 2013
Heather Rice-Minus | Justice Fellowship | Overcriminalization
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