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Faith Groups Urge Michigan Lawmakers to Address Criminal Justice Issues this Session

Prison Fellowship is joining with other faith leaders in Michigan in supporting criminal justice reform.

By Prison Fellowship
September 9, 2020
Criminal Justice Reform | Michigan
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  • Advocacy & Reentry
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Help Michigan Citizens Languishing in Pretrial Limbo

Half of Michigan’s jailed population—some 8,000 people—are awaiting trial. Many of them don’t need to be incarcerated. Tell lawmakers you support pretrial reform.

By Grayson Pope
September 3, 2020
Criminal Justice Reform | Michigan
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How One Volunteer Discovered the Radical Truth of Prison Ministry

What made Lori a “perfect fit” for prison ministry wasn’t only her education or experience. It was a willingness to serve.

By Emily Andrews
August 25, 2020
Michigan | Prison Fellowship Academy | volunteer
David Koliba
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David’s Downfall

  "I was the king of my world," David says, but "once I felt my world was coming down around me, I needed to escape somewhere."

By Emily Harris Greene
April 4, 2018
Insider | Michigan | Prison Fellowship Insider | Recovery | Reentry
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Hope Renewed in Michigan Prison

Hope still bears the scars of her birth parents' war with addiction. Heroin and alcoholism left her childhood marked with abandonment, isolation, and worthlessness. Even after she was adopted, Hope struggled with thoughts of suicide.

By Emily Andrews
March 7, 2017
Drug Addiction | Michigan | Prison Fellowship Academy | Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility
  • Prison & Prisoners
A Christmas Update from Michigan

In this week's Insider, Prison Fellowship® field director Denise Harris shares how prisoners in the state of Michigan celebrated Christmas this year.

At the annual Prison Fellowship Christmas concerts at the Federal Correctional Institution in Milan and the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, men and women at both facilities were treated to a live performance from recording artist Rufus Harris.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 28, 2016
Federal Correctional Institution | Insider | Michigan | Prison Fellowship | Prison Fellowship Insider | Rufus Harris | Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility
  • Advocacy & Reentry
Michigan’s ‘Safer and Smarter’ Bill: Redeeming Parole, Respecting Individuals

“How can I plan to be successful in re-entering if I don’t even know when I’m going to get out?”

In his early 20s, aspiring journalist Aaron Suganuma was overcome by drug addiction. When his funds ran low, he resorted to stealing to support his habit.

By Emily Andrews
December 8, 2016
HB 4138 | Michigan | Parole | recidivism
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Do You Want to Join Billy Kidd in Prison?

With his wiry gray beard, rugged appearance, and familiar name, William “Billy” Kidd looks like someone who has stories to tell.

And he does. The former drug dealer who was once a leader of the Aryan Nation within the Michigan correctional system has spent much of his life in and out of prison, with the many tattoos covering his body chronicling his nefarious past.

By Steve Rempe
October 26, 2016
Dearborn | denise harris | Michigan | prison ministry
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Handmade With Love from Prison

A man lies awake in his prison cell at night. With no light, no company, and no chance for a restful night’s sleep, he reaches for what he does have—crochet hooks and some yarn.

By morning, he has crafted a blanket.

By Emily Andrews
October 12, 2016
Angel Tree | Crochet | Mary Engle | Michigan | muskegon | Muskegon Correctional Facility | One Day with God | quilts
Justice Reform: Unlocking Second Chances and More
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Can Trees Help Reduce Incarceration?

There are few scenes quite as serene and peaceful as an expanse of green grass, shaded by a stately oak tree. The bucolic imagery has the ability to calm and comfort, transporting people from their everyday struggles, if only for a few fleeting moments.

By Steve Rempe
September 27, 2016
Communities | crime | Flint | Green Space | Michigan | New Jersey | Ohio | Trees | vacant lots | Youngstown
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