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Humanizing Prisoners, One Book at a Time - feature
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Humanizing Prisoners, One Book at a Time

There is a transformative power in good literature. A book can transport us to faraway places and introduce us to characters from different times and eras. It can rouse the emotions, challenge perceptions, and engage the mind in ways that few things can.

By Steve Rempe
October 12, 2016
Dartmouth | education | In Prison | Literature | massachusetts | Quartz | Rand Corporation | Reading | recidivism | Reentry | UMass
Are Violent Criminals Redeemable - feature
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Are Violent Criminals Redeemable?

When Dr. James Gilligan started work as a prison psychiatrist in a medium-security facility in Massachusetts, he took with him a pre-formed perspective on the men he would be treating.

“I had been taught up to that point that violent criminals were untreatable sociopaths, that they would manipulate you,” he remembers.

By Steve Rempe
September 20, 2016
Fortune Society | In Prison | James Gilligan | massachusetts | Reentry | Violence | Violent Crime
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Educating the Incarcerated

Roughly 60,000 teenagers currently reside in juvenile detention facilities across the United States.  While detained, these young men and women are separated from their friends, family—and the schools which they had been attending.

A recent feature on the PBS Newshour takes a closer look at the importance of educating youth behind bars, focusing on the efforts being made at one facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.

By Steve Rempe
July 1, 2016
Juvenile Justice | Lowell | massachusetts | Reentry | Second Prison Project
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Art Program Gives New Voice to Incarcerated Youth

The need to be heard. It’s a core craving for all humanity. But for those behind prison bars, voices are mostly muffled, or at least, dismissed.

Because of New York artist Lauren Adelman and juvenile defender Francine Sherman, voices from prison are being heard and appreciated in the form of artistic expression.

By Heidi Baumstark
June 29, 2016
Creating a Constructive Prison Culture | Francine Sherman | Lauren Adelman | massachusetts | New York City | Youth | Youth Leadership Development program
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Bound for Brighter Futures

Boston’s roughest neighborhoods are hardly foreign territory to Luis Rodrigues. At 11 years old, he began roaming those streets as a crack dealer. That lifestyle continued for years, until his life was nearly taken from him.

One night in 2008, Luis was shot repeatedly at close-range.

By Emily Andrews
June 27, 2016
College Bound Dorchester | Luis Rondrigues | massachusetts | Mentoring | National Mentoring Partnership
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Rethinking Incarceration

In 1994, Congress passed a crime bill that strengthened penalties for drug offenses and earmarked billions of dollars for new prison construction. Prison populations across the country boomed as a result, with recidivism rates remaining high.  Drug offenses became the leading reason for incarceration, but prisons nationwide struggled to provide programming capable of breaking the cycle of incarceration, release, and rearrest.  

By Steve Rempe
May 18, 2016
Drug Programs | mandatory minimums | massachusetts | recidivism | Reentry | rehabilitation | South Bay House of Corrections
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Inspiring the Next Class of Wardens

Incredible. Outstanding. Changed my paradigm and my outlook. Extremely impressed. What could these comments be about?

A group of 41 current and former prison and corrections officials, policy experts, and Prison Fellowship staff gathered in Boston for the Warden Exchange’s second residency.

By Katie Milne
April 21, 2016
massachusetts
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Restorative Justice in Practice

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

A group of men in prison gather to listen as a mother shares the pain and sorrow of losing her child. The men sit silently with tears streaming down their cheeks while she relives the memory aloud.

By Katherine Thompson
July 9, 2015
Huffington Post | massachusetts | Norfolk State Prison Colony | Restorative Justice | Restorative Justice Retreat
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The Box

Unemployment rates for ex-prisoners like Cassandra and Christopher is usually about 60-75 percent. One study found that job applicants with a criminal background were 50 percent less likely to be called back or offered a position than applicants without a criminal history. But in states and counties where the box has been banned, these statistics are different. In Minneapolis, after the state of Minnesota passed the ban-the-box ordinance in 2007, the number of ex-prisoners who were able to gain employment moved from six percent up to 60 percent.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
March 31, 2014
California | massachusetts | Second Chance Hiring
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Club Hope

A Hope for Kids, Inc. volunteer wraps Angel Tree presents.

Hope for Kids, Inc. launched this past December with the vision of reaching underprivileged kids in the Greater Springfield Massachusetts area with acts of kindness, spiritual renewal, authentic relationships, and physical nourishment.

By Matt Currier
March 20, 2014
Angel Tree | club hope | hope for kids | hotel | massachusetts | matt currier | ministry | Prison Fellowship | year-round

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