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Prison Fellowship’s Statement on Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Election Victory

Prison Fellowship leadership urges new administration to advance policies helping men and women impacted by crime and incarceration become productive returning citizens.

By Prison Fellowship
November 17, 2020
Biden Administration | Criminal Justice Reform | Obama Administration | Trump Administration
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Bringing Hope to Forgotten Victims

How do you explain incarceration to a child?

Crime affects many people. The oft-forgotten victims are the children of the incarcerated.

In this month's issue, Smithsonian Magazine focuses on the millions of American children who struggle every day with the effects of incarceration.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 18, 2017
Angel Tree | Mass Incarceration | Obama Administration | Smithsonian Magazine
This Week in Criminal Justice Reform
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This Week in Criminal Justice Reform

Justice reform is going to be a hot topic in 2017.

Congress was back in session this past Tuesday. House Speaker Paul Ryan quickly addressed justice reform.

“We intend to pick up where we left off and get moving again on criminal justice reform,” Ryan said during this week’s news briefing.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 6, 2017
congress | Criminal Justice Reform | Obama Administration | Speaker Paul Ryan
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Knocking Down Barriers

A diverse collection of companies is collaborating with the Obama administration in an attempt to remove hindrances for men and women seeking employment following incarceration.

The Fair Chance Business Pledge calls for employers to endorse hiring practices that provide former prisoners with an opportunity to succeed.

By Steve Rempe
April 12, 2016
Fair Chance Business Pledge | Koch Industries | National Reentry Week | Obama Administration | Reentry | Second Prison Project | White House
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The Power to Change Lives

On Wednesday, March 30, President Obama announced the commutation of the sentences of 61 federal prisoners serving time for drug-related offenses.  The commutations are but the most recent attempt by the administration to draw attention to the need for criminal justice reform.

By Steve Rempe
April 4, 2016
Commutation | Commute | Criminal Justice Reform | Obama Administration | sentencing
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Craig DeRoche Offers Closing Prayer at White House Easter Celebration

Prison Fellowship Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche (back row, third from left) and other religious leaders at the 2015 White House Prayer Breakfast.

On March 30, Prison Fellowship Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy Craig DeRoche offered the closing prayer as part of the annual White House Easter celebration.

By Steve Rempe
March 30, 2016
Craig DeRoche | Easter | Obama Administration | Prayer | White House
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Obama’s Last Year: Tackling Criminal Justice Reform

In his final State of the Union address last night, President Obama told the American people that he would not allow his final year in office to be a silly season.

Among his key priorities for the year would be an increased emphasis on criminal justice reform—an effort Obama referenced as a "bipartisan priority" despite the current rancorous bipartisan climate.

By Craig DeRoche
January 13, 2016
Criminal Justice Reform | Kemba Smith | Obama Administration | Second Chances | State of the Union | Sue Ellen Allen | Tulsi Gabbard
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The Promise of a Second Chance

Speaking in front of an audience at a New Jersey drug treatment center, President Obama announced on Monday the passing of an executive order that will prevent employers from asking potential federal employees on their job applications if they have a criminal record.

By Steve Rempe
November 5, 2015
Chris Christie | Corey Booker | Jesse Wiese | Justice Fellowship | Obama Administration | Rand Paul | Second Prison Project
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A Year for Reform?

Last Friday afternoon, Prison Fellowship’s Craig DeRoche, senior vice president of policy and advocacy, joined President Obama at the White House for a preview of HBO VICE’s upcoming special “Fixing the System,” a documentary on the current state of America’s criminal justice system and what can be done to improve it.

By Zoe Erler
September 21, 2015
Craig DeRoche | HBO VICE | Justice Fellowship | Obama Administration | White House
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Remembering Prisoners—and Their Children

In a major criminal justice reform speech this week, President Obama brought attention to the steep rise in America’s prison population over the last few decades—and its collateral consequences for prisoners’ children.

“Around one million fathers are behind bars,” the president said.

By Jim Liske
July 20, 2015
Angel Tree | Christmas | From the CEO | Obama Administration
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