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America is Ready for Prison Reform—Will Washington Respond?

  During his first State of the Union address, President Trump declared that former inmates who have served their time deserve a second chance. America is ready for prison reform, but will Washington act?

By Emily Harris Greene
February 5, 2018
Craig DeRoche | Criminal Justice Reforms | Donald Trump | Faith and Freedom Coalition | President Trump | Prison Reform | Second Chance Month | Second Chances | Sentencing Reform | SOTU | State of the Union | Tim Head
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Faith Groups Aid in Reducing Recidivism

In their opinion piece this week for "The Hill," Timothy Head and Craig DeRoche demonstrate how faith-based organizations are valuable in curbing recidivism in America.

By Emily Harris Greene
February 1, 2017
Craig DeRoche | Faith and Freedom Coalition | recidivism | The Hill | Timothy Head
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Academy Awards: ‘13th’ Nominated for Best Documentary

The 2017 Oscars Nominations were announced this morning. Ava DuVernay's documentary "13th" is nominated for Best Documentary.  

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By Emily Harris Greene
January 24, 2017
Craig DeRoche | Netflix | Oscar Nominations | Oscars
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Prison Fellowship’s Craig DeRoche Interviewed by Michigan’s FOX 17

“Prisoners are human beings,” Prison Fellowship®’s Craig DeRoche says in his interview with FOX 17 in Michigan. “And they have the same-size hopes and dreams of people on the outside”

On Monday, DeRoche visited the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia County, Michigan.

By Emily Harris Greene
November 15, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Ionia Michigan | Prison Visiting Week | Reimagining Prison | Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility | Vera Institute
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Homicide Spike Requires Christian Response

A new report by the Federal Bureau of Investigations has revealed an increase of violent crime for the year 2015, marking a three-year high after declines in violence in 2013 and 2014. Much of this has been driven by increases in homicides in several of the nation’s urban centers, including Chicago, Houston, and Washington, DC.

By Steve Rempe
September 29, 2016
Craig DeRoche | crime rates | FBI | healing | Restoration | Statistics
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A Restored, Purposeful Life

For Prison Fellowship Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche, justice reform is more than a job, it’s a passion developed from personal experience.

At the age of 34, DeRoche was elected Speaker of the House in the Michigan State Legislature—the youngest person to ever hold that position.

By Steve Rempe
September 22, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Detroit News | Juvenile Justice | Michigan | reform | Restoration | Transformation
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No Turning Back

A significant number of cities in the United States reported an increase in homicide rates in 2015—a disturbing trend that some have claimed marks the end of a period that saw historic reductions in violent crimes in places like New York City and Chicago.

By Steve Rempe
May 23, 2016
Chicago | Craig DeRoche | homicide | homicide rates | Marco Rubio | New York | Washington Examiner
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This Is Prison?

The images of prison are familiar to all of us—cold, pale concrete walls, with limited light filtering through narrow, bar-protected windows; prisoners in solid jumpsuits shuffling through the corridors under the watchful eye of ever-present guards; small, unadorned cells where men and women live out long prison terms in solitude and despair.

By Steve Rempe
April 4, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Germany | Heidering Prison | Tegel Prison
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Craig DeRoche Offers Closing Prayer at White House Easter Celebration

Prison Fellowship Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche (back row, third from left) and other religious leaders at the 2015 White House Prayer Breakfast.

On March 30, Prison Fellowship Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche offered the closing prayer as part of the annual White House Easter celebration.

By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Easter | Obama Administration | Prayer | White House
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Blazing a Path for Reform: A Q&A with Craig DeRoche

In January, the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections concluded a year of discussion and research by releasing a series of recommendations for reforming the criminal justice system.  Craig DeRoche, Prison Fellowship’s senior vice president for advocacy and public policy, served on the task force, and offers his thoughts on those recommendations, and the future of reform.

By Prison Fellowship
February 18, 2016
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