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A Never-Ending Punishment: The Challenges of Living on Community Supervision

Jon Kelly is walking on eggshells. “What’s the point of freeing men and women if we restrict them so much that they can’t be productive?”

By Emily Andrews
February 17, 2022
Illinois | Justice Reform | Probation and Parole | The Justice Chronicles
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How can Parole and Credit Policies Reduce Recidivism?

Parole and credit policies can ensure proportional punishment is served while also offering an active and intentional pathway to redemption.

By Prison Fellowship
December 7, 2020
Illinois | Justice Reform | Probation and Parole | The Justice Chronicles
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The Civil Rights Leader Who Sounded the Call for Prison Ministry

Hope Events are one of the backbones of Prison Fellowship’s ministry—but the idea came from a corrections and civil rights leader.

By Grayson Pope
March 6, 2018
Illinois | North Carolina
I have a bean
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I Have a Bean: Quality Coffee By Returning Neighbors

For many people who have spent time in prison, the most difficult barrier to overcome after release is the reentry into employment. In many instances, employers stop reading an application as soon as they see that someone has a criminal record.

By Katrina Burlet
March 23, 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | I Have a Bean | Illinois | james short | Louis Dooley | Pete Leonard | Second Chance Hiring | Second Chance Month | Set Free Prison Ministries
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A Year of Jubilee for Illinois Prisoners

Art Hallett was the only one in his teenage group of friends who was never arrested. He credits it to his mother wisely pushing him to enlist in the Air Force at age 17. But his freedom doesn't mean he has  never been to prison.

By Zoe Erler
February 28, 2017
Black History Month | Illinois
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Angel Tree Breaks Down Barriers

Teshauna experienced the impact that Angel Tree® has on families with incarcerated parents firsthand. Her father was in prison, and the experience was difficult for Teshauna and her family. But Angel Tree stepped in and helped.

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By Prison Fellowship
December 2, 2016
Illinois
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Illinois Closes Infamous Prisons, Opens Doors for Reform

Photo Credit: David Leventi Photography

Sitting in the circular center of Stateville Correctional Center’s F House, a lone watchman gave prisoners the sense that they were all being watched at once.

Built in Joliet, Illinois, in 1922, the infamous roundhouse ranks as one of the oldest and costliest in the state.

By Emily Andrews
November 1, 2016
Gov. Bruce Rauner | Illinois | Prison | Stateville Correctional Center
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At Concert, Gang Leader Accepts Christ

Members of the tour: (Clockwise, from left) Jacob Moore, Mary Johnson, Arthur Hallett, Brian Ganhs, Charleston Day, and Sonnie Day

This past February, Prison Fellowship celebrated Black History Month with a tour of African American artists who led an evangelism campaign in Illinois.

By Zoe Erler
July 22, 2016
Black History Month | Elder Charleston Day | Hip Hop | Illinois | Jacob Moore | Jazz | Prison | sonnie day | The Gideon Crew
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Providing an Education for Ex-Prisoners

Daniel Geiter spent much of his young adult years in and out of correctional facilities in and around Chicago. Between his adolescent years and the age of 25, Geiter estimates that he was incarcerated in excess of 20 times.

It was during one of these prison stays that Geiter concluded that things needed to change.

By Steve Rempe
March 31, 2016
Chicago | Daniel Geiter | education | Illinois | Second Prison Project | Ward College
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‘I Am Somebody’

For men and women who have committed crimes, the biggest challenge often isn’t being incarcerated—it’s dealing with ongoing perceptions that they are, because of their past, forever tagged as “criminal” and subjected to a status that is somewhat less than human.  

By Steve Rempe
October 6, 2015
Cabrini Green | Cabrini Green Legal Aid | I Am Somebody | Illinois | Second Prison Project
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