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Posted August 4, 2016
CHARLES COLSON HOPE AWARDS
2016 ADVOCATE OF HOPE HONOREE
SENATOR JOHN CORNYN
The Charles Colson Advocate of Hope award is bestowed annually on a person with a record of faithful, unswerving, and winsome advocacy for restorative criminal justice reform—a person whose leadership blazes a trail toward a future of proportional punishment, constructive prison culture, second chances, and safer communities.
The Advocate of Hope Award recognizes a person who has faithfully advocated for restorative criminal justice reform. The inaugural award goes
Posted March 29, 2016
Photo provided by California Rehabilitation Center
The following was taken from a reflection by Bob Drummond, executive pastor at Emmanuel Church in Burbank, Calif., and an attendee at a recent graduation of Prison Fellowship’s theological and missionary training course in the California Rehabilitation Center (Norco).
As we walk into the chapel, the dreary images do not change. The walls are chipped, faded, and need painting. The lighting is haphazard and stark. But the dreary, colorless, neglected images
Posted December 7, 2015
Building justice that restores is about recognizing and advancing the dignity of human life. It promotes accountability for the responsible party, prioritizes harmed party participation, and cultivates community engagement.
Justice that restores transitions the government from “playing the victim” of crime to being an administrator of justice.
Justice that restores prioritizes and respects victims by providing assistance, validation, restitution, information, protection, and participation.
Justice that restores compels responsible parties to make up for their harms and advocates for a just process,
Posted August 5, 2015
The InnerChange Freedom Initiative® (IFI) was a privately funded program that provided educational, values-based services to prisoners on a voluntary and noncompulsory basis to help prepare them to re-enter the workplace, religious and community life, and family and social relationships. The program was based on values reflected in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ but was open to prisoners of all faiths or no faith. Living in the same prison housing unit, participants were taught
Posted August 3, 2015
Saul Green was laid off after 3 ½ years at a job when employers found past criminal charges. Today, he remains unemployed, despite wanting to work and having applied for over 125 jobs over the past 18 months. His unemployment is a collateral consequence of petty crimes that he committed over 15 years ago.
Mr. Green personifies the need for restorative values—including proportionate punishment and closure—in our justice system. On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, he shared
Posted July 28, 2015
Craig DeRoche serves as senior vice president for advocacy and public policy at Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest outreach to prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. He leads the organization’s efforts to advance restorative criminal justice reform at the state and federal levels. A recognized subject-matter expert, he has testified before Congress and confers with lawmakers to help them design legislation that prioritizes accountability, community participation and second chances.
DeRoche made front-page news when, at 34,
Posted May 13, 2015
PRISON FELLOWSHIP LEADERSHIP
Prison Fellowship's Leadership is composed of seasoned experts, leading the ministry with collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
HEATHER RICE-MINUS
President and CEO
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HEATHER RICE-MINUS
President and CEO
Heather Rice-Minus is the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship.
Heather first joined Prison Fellowship in 2013, and in her most recent role of executive vice president, she led teams that build partnerships with churches, help strengthen relationships between incarcerated parents and their children, foster partnerships with donors at every level, and
Posted October 3, 2013
The following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship blog.
An August report released by the National Association of Evangelicals showed that 95% of evangelical leaders have been involved in regular ministry to prisoners. “It demonstrates the evangelical conviction that God offers redemption and reconciliation to all, regardless of what they have done,” said Leith Anderson, President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).
Justice Fellowship is excited to see so many Christian leaders involved in encouraging
Posted December 4, 2012
To say that I am a person who “hates” waiting would be a complete understatement. For me, waiting feels like a total waste of time, an empty void where nothing happens except impatience, frustration, and annoyance. Whether it involves waiting for a scheduled appointment with the doctor, it feels like they purposely make people wait; or waiting for an inattentive driver to respond to the traffic light that has already turned green for at least
Posted November 15, 2012
A quotation often attributed to Blaise Pascal came to mind this past week – “there is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator.”1
I had been reading a newspaper article about a provocative new book that examines the relationship between a person’s image of God and their attitudes to economics, justice, social morality, politics, love and life in general.2
Posted May 13, 2011
Since founding Prison Fellowship 35 years ago, Chuck has visited hundreds of prisons. But his recent return to Maxwell struck him with particular force. As he walked the grounds where he was once incarcerated, he remembered the loneliness that prisoners experience. This Easter weekend, however, he was able to counter that hopelessness by presenting the life-changing message of hope found only in the resurrected Savior!
God can spark an enduring vision using a single moment in
Posted February 12, 2011
People often have “come to Jesus” moments in times of crisis, like while lying in a hospital bed with a critical illness or while holding on for dear life during an earthquake. These moments can instantly illuminate the frailty and brevity of life, causing a sudden realization of our dependence on God. One might question the authenticity of a faith conversion made in such dire circumstances: Is the decision genuine or is it spurred only
Posted January 12, 2011
Until this past December, conservatives have often turned a blind eye to the excesses and failures of the criminal justice system. I was certainly guilty of that when I was in the California State Assembly. However, the current fiscal crisis, in which every state faces a deficit, has prompted these conservatives to speak out. They’re calling on their colleagues to demand the same accountability from corrections officials as they do from all other areas of
Posted July 8, 2010
Tony Chantaca, 16, jumped from the stolen car in the wash of flashing blue lights. Mind clouded with inhalants, legs pumping against the asphalt, he ran. A policeman, hot behind him, sprang and tackled the teenager to the ground. Tony fought to pry the officer’s gun from its holster. But before he could press the barrel to the officer’s chest, another officer struck Tony from behind. The world went dark.
Bad Behavior
Tony’s troubles started early. When