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Prison Fellowship Praises Senate for Paving Way for FIRST STEP Act House Passage

Prison Fellowship applauds the U.S. Senate for clearing the final hurdle for passage of the FIRST STEP Act in the House of Representatives. Media conference call to be held on Wednesday.

By Prison Fellowship
December 18, 2018
congress | FIRST STEP Act | Prison Reform | Trump Administration
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Senate Resolution Names April 2018 as Second Chance Month

Resolution Sheds Light on Thousands of Barriers Aimed Those with Criminal Records

By Prison Fellowship
April 27, 2018
congress | Second Chance Month | Second Chances | Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) | Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) | Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) | Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) | Trump Administration | US Senate
This Week in Criminal Justice Reform
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This Week in Criminal Justice Reform

Justice reform is going to be a hot topic in 2017.

Congress was back in session this past Tuesday. House Speaker Paul Ryan quickly addressed justice reform.

“We intend to pick up where we left off and get moving again on criminal justice reform,” Ryan said during this week’s news briefing.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 6, 2017
congress | Criminal Justice Reform | Obama Administration | Speaker Paul Ryan
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Valuing Redemption

On March 23, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan addressed a bipartisan audience of house interns on Capitol Hill.  Speaking on the state of American politics, Ryan lamented the current lack of civility in public discourse, where rhetoric and posturing are drowning out ideas.

By Steve Rempe
March 31, 2016
congress | Criminal Justice Reform | Redemption | Speaker Paul Ryan
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My Little Second Chance Lesson

The following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship blog.

There’s no way anyone is going to do this.

That depressing whisper of doubt and futility kept up its nagging as I set up the email that would go out to our national list of supporters.

By Elisabeth Boehm
September 17, 2014
congress | Judiciary Committee | Second Chance Act
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How Does the Government Shutdown Affect the Justice System?

While we slept last night, Congress found itself in a stalemate on the terms of the Affordable Healthcare Act, propelling the U.S. federal government into its first shutdown in 17 years.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
October 1, 2013
Bureau of Prisons | congress | department of justice | government shutdown | habeas corpus | Prison Fellowship | shutdown | supreme court | u.s. parole commission

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