This month's mail is from Barrett, incarcerated in Georgia. Barrett has a common request we hear at Prison Fellowship: the need for a Bible.
By Prison Fellowship
March 8, 2022
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By Emily Harris Greene
June 30, 2017
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Efforts to bring about criminal justice reforms on the federal level have hit upon a bit of a rough patch in recent weeks. With the focus in Washington shifting toward the general elections in November, some members of Congress have determined that maintaining a “tough on crime” approach to criminal justice is beneficial to their reelection efforts, while others have opted to back-burner the issue until their campaigns have concluded.
By Steve Rempe
July 12, 2016
Alaska | California | Faith and Justice Fellowship | Georgia | Maryland | Michigan | Sentencing Reform | Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act | UtahElizabeth Turnage is a writer, story coach, and teacher. A version of the following post appears on her website, www.elizabethturnage.com, and is shared here with permission.
“I was beaten with a braided extension cord by my mother, who ran a bootleg house.”
By Elizabeth Turnage
May 31, 2016
CMCA | Correctional Ministries and Chaplains Association | Dr. Harold Trulear | Elizabeth Turnage | Georgia | Mark Casson | Tony LowdenFor many prisoners, the challenges and difficulties that come with incarceration don’t end when they leave prison for the outside world. Free from the monotonous routine and structured environment of prison, these men and women are thrown into a world that is unfamiliar, with little (if any) support structure, few contacts that will do anything other than lead them to reoffending, and bearing a “scarlet letter” that makes it virtually impossible to establish themselves as productive members of society.
By Steve Rempe
July 7, 2015
Georgia | Second Chance HiringPrison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview are partnering with WORLD News Group and Focus on the Family for the Restoring All Things Conference, an inspiring event taking place this April with stops in Grand Rapids, Atlanta, and Dallas.
By Prison Fellowship
January 20, 2015
Dallas | Eric Metaxas | From the CEO | Georgia | Grand Rapids | Jennifer Marshall | Jim Daly | John Stonestreet | Michigan | Restoring All Things | Texas | Warren SmithOn Friday, June 13, auto mechanic Bryant Collins was driving down Highway 72 in Georgia when he saw something peculiar on the side of the road.
“I had seen something out of the corner of my eye, and I thought it was a baby,” Collins recounted.
By Steve Rempe
June 18, 2014
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