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Risk Assessment Q&A with Zachary Hamilton, Ph.D.

Dr. Zachary Hamilton sat down with Prison Fellowship to talk about risk assessment, avoiding racial disparities, and rehabilitation of prisoners.

By Prison Fellowship
September 3, 2018
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Breaking Cycles

“For me, having a husband that’s incarcerated, it’s like we’re incarcerated too.”

Shamika Wilson is expressing the experience of many who have a family member behind bars.  In a short video produced by Al-Jazeera, Wilson and several other people who have had their families separated by incarceration express the challenges—financial, emotional, and even physical—of having a spouse, a sibling, or a parent in prison.

By Steve Rempe
November 10, 2015
Angel Tree | Cycles of Incarceration | Families | Justice Fellowship | Kmane Tremaine Baxter | Shamika Wilson
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The Christian and the Criminal Justice System

The following is a version of remarks given by Prison Fellowship President and CEO Jim Liske at Movement Day NYC, a gathering of Christian leaders discussing how to cultivate Gospel movements in urban areas across the country.  For more information about Movement Day, visit www.movementday.com.

By Jim Liske
November 6, 2015
Children | From the CEO | Justice Fellowship | movement day | New York | New York City | Prayer | Reentry | volunteer
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The Promise of a Second Chance

Speaking in front of an audience at a New Jersey drug treatment center, President Obama announced on Monday the passing of an executive order that will prevent employers from asking potential federal employees on their job applications if they have a criminal record.

By Steve Rempe
November 5, 2015
Chris Christie | Corey Booker | Jesse Wiese | Justice Fellowship | Obama Administration | Rand Paul | Second Prison Project
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A Year for Reform?

Last Friday afternoon, Prison Fellowship’s Craig DeRoche, senior vice president of policy and advocacy, joined President Obama at the White House for a preview of HBO VICE’s upcoming special “Fixing the System,” a documentary on the current state of America’s criminal justice system and what can be done to improve it.

By Zoe Erler
September 21, 2015
Craig DeRoche | HBO VICE | Justice Fellowship | Obama Administration | White House
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Standing for the Dignity of Prisoners

An 1865 engraving of the Baltimore City Jail. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently closed the prison for its unsanitary conditions. (Click to enlarge.)

The Baltimore City Detention Facility has a well-earned reputation for being one of the worst jails in the United States.  

By Steve Rempe
August 26, 2015
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A Biblical View of Justice

Saul Green was laid off after 3 ½ years at a job when employers found past criminal charges. Today, he remains unemployed, despite wanting to work and having applied for over 125 jobs over the past 18 months. His unemployment is a collateral consequence of petty crimes that he committed over 15 years ago.

By Lori Stertz
August 3, 2015
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Seeing the Face of God in Prisoners

It’s altogether too easy for those of us with little or no connection to prison to dismiss and ignore the men and women behind bars.  Content to live our own lives, we are quick to conclude that the incarcerated “got what they had coming to them,” and to write them off as inconsequential.

By Steve Rempe
July 16, 2015
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Acknowledging Harm Done to Victims

April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), and Justice Fellowship, the public policy arm of Prison Fellowship, is examining the six values in its restorative justice framework that pertain to victims of crime.

Today, we highlight the restorative justice value of validation.

By Elisabeth Boehm
April 24, 2015
Justice Fellowship | National Crime Victim's Rights Week | validation
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Positive Payback for Victims

April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), and Justice Fellowship, the public policy arm of Prison Fellowship, is examining the six values in its restorative justice framework that pertain to victims of crime.

Today, we highlight the restorative justice value of restitution.

By Elisabeth Boehm
April 23, 2015
Justice Fellowship | National Crime Victim's Rights Week | restitution
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Victims Need to Know

April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), and Justice Fellowship, the public policy arm of Prison Fellowship, is examining the six values in its restorative justice framework that pertain to victims of crime.

Today, we highlight the restorative justice value of information.

By Elisabeth Boehm
April 22, 2015
information | Justice Fellowship | National Crime Victim's Rights Week
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Re-Victimization Is Not OK

April 19-25 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), and Justice Fellowship, the public policy arm of Prison Fellowship, is examining the six values in its restorative justice framework that pertain to victims of crime.

Today, we highlight the restorative justice value of protection.

By Elisabeth Boehm
April 21, 2015
Justice Fellowship | National Crime Victim's Rights Week | Protection
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Working Toward a Perfect Imperfect World

The following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship blog.

In a perfect world, people wouldn’t commit crimes. They wouldn’t hurt one another or themselves.

In a perfect imperfect world, people who committed crimes would receive a just punishment, one that was proportionate to the harm they had caused.

By Elisabeth Boehm
February 27, 2015
Dick Durbin | Justice Fellowship | Mike Lee | Smarter Sentencing Act
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Working Together for Reform

In the highly partisan environment of Washington, DC, there is precious little on which policy makers and influencers on both sides of the political divide can agree.  The subject of criminal justice reform, however, appears to be one of the few where Republicans and Democrats are willing to work together to enact meaningful change.

By Steve Rempe
February 5, 2015
Justice Fellowship | Justice Reform | Koch Industries | Mark Holden | Pat Nolan | Prison Reform | Van Jones
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A Victory for the Religious Liberty of Prisoners

A version of the following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship weblog

Justice Fellowship applauds today’s unanimous Supreme Court’s decision in Holt v. Hobbs, which upheld the right of a Muslim prisoner to grow a ½ inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.

By Elisabeth Boehm
January 22, 2015
holt v. hobbs | Jesse Wiese | Justice Fellowship | Religious Liberty | RLUIPA | supreme court
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