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
Justice Fellowship | Prison Fellowship | q&a“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 WilsonThe 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 | volunteerSpeaking 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
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 HouseAn 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
Craig DeRoche | Justice Fellowship | Larry Hogan
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
christian legal aid | Craig DeRoche | Justice Fellowship | Prison Fellowship. Cory Booker | Tim Scott | Washington DCIt’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
Angel Tree | Christianity Today | Face of God | her.meneutics | Imago Dei | Justice Fellowship | Prayer Team | Remember the PrisonerApril 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 | validationApril 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
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