PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Humanity

Society often discounts the contributions a former prisoner can make to his or her community, but at Prison Fellowship, we know that rehabilitated men and women who have been transformed by God have so much to offer if given the opportunity.

When seeking to improve the effectiveness of our current prison systems here in the United States, it is important to recognize the humanity of those behind bars.  So says Prison Fellowship President and CEO Jim Liske in a recent op-ed article for the Huffington Post.

Much has been written in this blog about Warden Burl Cain.  (See here, here, and here for examples).  During his nearly two decades at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the prison has shed its reputation as the “bloodiest prison in America,” and has become a model for other prisons seeking to reduce violent assaults among prisoners.