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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Justice Fellowship

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What Is Justice?

In the Bible, justice is about much more than fairness or catching and punishing “bad guys.” Biblical, or restorative, justice centers focus on restoring everyone affected by wrongdoing—including the offender, the victim, and the community around them. It’s based on shalom, a Hebrew term encompassing peace, wholeness, righteousness, and harmony.

By Jim Liske
January 20, 2015
Fair Sentencing Act | Justice Fellowship | Legislation | Prison Rape | Prison Rape Elimination Act | Restorative Justice | Second Chance Act | Shalom
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Why We Should Put Probation on Trial

“An ineffective probation system can result in further criminal acts and the imprisonment of those same offenders before they complete their terms.”

Justice Fellowship’s latest report, Incentives in State Probation Systems: Relation to Structure and Practices, reveals why it’s a good idea to examine our probation systems.

By Elisabeth Boehm
January 6, 2015
Justice Fellowship | Probation | recidivism | Success Rates
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We Like What You’re Doing There, California

A version of this article originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship website.

“I agree with you; I want to do it; now make me do it.”

So President Franklin Roosevelt is believed to have replied when labor leaders asked him for executive action.

By Craig DeRoche
November 3, 2014
California | Initiative | Justice Fellowship | Proposition 47 | Restorative Justice | sentencing
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Making Connections

Frederick Hutson had a plan.

While serving 51 months in prison on drug charges, Hutson saw firsthand the struggles that prisoners had staying in touch with family members.  He knew the disproportionate costs prisoners were paying just to talk on the phone with loved ones. 

By Steve Rempe
September 24, 2014
Entrepreneurship | Fotopigeon | Frederick Huston | In-Prison Phone Rates | Justice Fellowship | Pigeon.ly | Telepigeon
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‘Resisting Our Old Incarceration Reflex’

Last week, Ken Cuccinelli, former attorney general of Virginia, and Deborah Daniels, former assistant U.S. attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs, co-published an article on WashingtonPost.com called "Less Incarceration Could Lead to Less Crime."

By Rebekah L. Stratton
June 23, 2014
cuccinelli | deborah daniels | incarceration | Justice | Justice Fellowship | Prison Fellowship | reform | rehabilitation | Washington Post
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Uniting for a Common Goal

There aren’t too many things these days on which Republicans and Democrats agree.  Partisanship is high, and considering that this is an election year, the incentive for both parties to work together to solve problems is low.

There is, however, at least one issue that has elicited support from both liberals and conservatives: prison reform.

By Steve Rempe
May 8, 2014
Grover Norquist | Joan Blades | Justice Fellowship | Prison Reform | recidivism
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Corrections Official Spends Night in Solitary

As the newly appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Rick Raemisch spent the night of Jan. 23 in solitary confinement at a state penitentiary.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
March 7, 2014
Colorado | Justice Fellowship | reform | rehabilitation | Solitary Confinement
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A Good Investment

It is no secret that existing state and federal prison systems are too often models of inefficiency and ineffectiveness.  Outdated facilities have been unable to keep up with growing prison populations.  And despite the astronomical costs of housing prison inmates (a study of New York state facilities estimates that annual cost per prisoner is a staggering $167,731 – enough to send that same prisoner to an Ivy League school with full room and board for four years), recidivism rates remain around 40 percent.

By Steve Rempe
January 30, 2014
Justice Fellowship | Justice Reinvestment Initiative | Restoration | Restorative Justice
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Press Release: Colson Task Force Established by Congress

On January 16, the U. S. Senate passed the FY 2014 Omnibus Bill.  By doing so, it established the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections.  The non-partisan task force will make recommendations on a host of issues surrounding the criminal justice system, including recidivism rates, rights of both victims and inmates, and cost controls.

By Prison Fellowship
January 17, 2014
Chuck Colson | Federal Corrections | Justice Fellowship | Senate | Task Force
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The Architecture of Restoration

When the word “prison” is mentioned, a some very common images come to mind – cold, gray bars set against drab, colorless walls; small, dark cells intended to isolate and punish rather than to reform or rehabilitate.  Acres of razor wire surrounding these facilities bespeak the philosophy that those on the inside are to be set apart, not to be connected in any meaningful way to society at large.

By Steve Rempe
January 13, 2014
Justice Fellowship | New York | New York City | Prison Reform | recidivism
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The Cost(s) of Incarceration

Rikers Island – one of the most expensive addresses in all of New York City.

Park Avenue.  Soho.  Chelsea.  Midtown.

Rikers Island?

When one thinks of exclusive addresses in New York City, the first thing that likely comes to mind is a penthouse overlooking Central Park, or perhaps an historic brownstone in a trendy part of town. 

By Steve Rempe
October 24, 2013
incarceration rates | Justice Fellowship | New York City | Reentry | Rikers Island
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The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like Leaven

A version of the following article originally appeared on the website of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. To learn more about the work and the mission of the Colson Center, visit their website at www.colsoncenter.org.

 

“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

By Alan Terwilleger
October 22, 2013
Colson Center | From the CEO | Justice Fellowship | Prisoners to Pastors
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Congress Creates Overcriminalization Task Force

Can you believe abandoning a snowmobile in a life-threatening blizzard or digging up arrowheads can result in criminal charges?

These are a few unfortunate examples of “overcriminalization.”

New criminal laws that do not include a criminal intent requirement and the duplication of federal criminal laws that already exist at the state level have made it impossible for reasonable citizens to know all the criminal laws and regulations that could land them in jail or prison.

By Heather Rice-Minus
May 13, 2013
Heather Rice-Minus | Justice Fellowship | Overcriminalization
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Number of Prisoners Continues to Drop in U.S.

I have some very good news: after nearly four decades of explosive growth, the prison population in the U.S. has dropped for the second year in a row. Inmate counts fell in about half the states in each year, according to the December 2012 data released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

By Pat Nolan
April 8, 2013
Justice Fellowship | Pat Nolan | Prison Population
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Craig DeRoche Named President of Justice Fellowship

Prison Fellowship Ministries Board of Directors has named Craig DeRoche president of Justice Fellowship, the criminal justice and public policy reform arm of Prison Fellowship. Justice Fellowship was founded 30 years ago by the late Charles Colson, former special counsel to President Richard Nixon and convicted Watergate figure.

By Prison Fellowship
March 7, 2013
Craig DeRoche | Justice Fellowship
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