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Remembering Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr.: A Passion for The Prisoner

Prison Fellowship remembers Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr., a heavyweight in the fight for criminal justice reform and a long-serving member of our board of directors.

By Prison Fellowship
November 23, 2020
FIRST STEP Act | Justice Reform | Maryland | The Justice Declaration
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Student-Led Helping Hands Club Aims to Help Society’s Most Vulnerable

"I couldn’t let these kids grow up without support." Amid a pandemic, American youth raise money for the Angel Tree Christmas program.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 22, 2020
Maryland
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How Will Maryland’s New Policy Impact Children?

A recent Maryland policy is making it even harder than it already is to parent from behind bars.

Starting this past November, visitors (adults and children alike) were banned from embracing their incarcerated loved ones at the beginning and during visitations (visitors are allowed a brief hug at the very end of a visit).

By Zoe Erler
August 12, 2016
Children | contraband | Maryland | parents | visitation policy | Washington Post
STK statue feature
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The Importance of State Justice Reform

Efforts to bring about criminal justice reforms on the federal level have hit upon a bit of a rough patch in recent weeks. With the focus in Washington shifting toward the general elections in November, some members of Congress have determined that maintaining a “tough on crime” approach to criminal justice is beneficial to their reelection efforts, while others have opted to back-burner the issue until their campaigns have concluded.

By Steve Rempe
July 12, 2016
Alaska | California | Faith and Justice Fellowship | Georgia | Maryland | Michigan | Sentencing Reform | Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act | Utah
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Finding Your Identity

What is the best way to keep young people in troubled areas away from criminal behavior? A new book suggests that one of the keys is identifying a hobby or activity that will draw attention away from illicit activity and give youth a meaning and purpose that transcends their current environment.

By Steve Rempe
May 11, 2016
identity project. | Juvenile Justice | Maryland | Stephanie DeLuca | Susan Clampet-Lundquist | thetrace.org
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The Bible Behind Bars

“This Bible … it’s just whack!”

The young man, a prisoner at the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, is discussing a reading assignment with Jerome Copulsky, a professor of religious studies at Goucher College in Baltimore.  The in-prison class is part of a new program set up by the Department of Education to provide “high-level educational opportunities” for incarcerated adults.

By Steve Rempe
October 22, 2015
David | Department of Education | Goucher College | Jerome Copulsky | Jessup | Maryland | Maryland Correctional Institution | volunteer
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Seeing Prison from the Other Side

If there is someone who knows the criminal justice system – from both ends – it is Bernard Kerik.  A one-time beat cop in New York City’s 14th Division, Kerik rose through the ranks to serve on Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s security detail in the early 1990s. 

By Steve Rempe
November 5, 2013
Maryland | New York | Rikers Island
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Serving the Mentally Ill behind Bars

On a broadcast of PBS’ Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PFM Senior Vice President Pat Nolan offers his thoughts on the incarceration of mentally ill inmates, and the Christian obligation to reach out in love to those in need behind bars.

“You know, Jesus said, ‘I was naked, and you clothed me. 

By Steve Rempe
June 26, 2013
Chicago | Cook County | Illinois | Maryland | mental illness
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Going Beyond Politics for Prison Reform

A recent article in the Weekly Standard proclaims the Republican Party the “party of prison reform.”  The story looks at a number of conservative legislators and policy makers who are actively pushing for changes in the current correctional system, including reducing prison populations, improving reentry opportunities, and mental health reforms.

By Steve Rempe
March 20, 2013
Justice Reform | Maryland | South Dakota
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Become a felon: all in a good day’s work

How much trouble would you guess a small business owner could get in for depositing perfectly legal cash revenue in his bank account?  If you said “none at all—that’s a ridiculous question,” you’re wrong.  He might actually be a federal felon. 

By Sy Hoekstra
July 20, 2012
Maryland | PF News

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