PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Justice

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Breaking Wild Horses in Prison

Dozens of prisoners in Florence, Arizona, just can’t wait to get up for work in the morning.

The minimum-security prisoners pair up with mustangs and burros at Florence State Prison for a unique job opportunity. In an effort to protect local rangelands and teach men behind bars a new trade, the Arizona DOC partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to form the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP).

By Emily Andrews
July 5, 2016
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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
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Just Words, You Say

Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still. Shrieking voices Scolding, mocking, or merely chattering, Always assail them

 T. S. Eliot, “Four Quartets, Burnt Norton”

Have you ever listened to someone talk on and on until they think of something to say? 

By Ronald W. Nikkel
May 14, 2013
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Just Truth Telling

 Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside. Everyone tells lies; those who turn from crime end up ruined.1

We found ourselves in a delicate situation in which the question hung poignantly and pointedly between us. 

By Ronald W. Nikkel
January 15, 2013
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