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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Reentry

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Ending a Life Sentence

“What happens after the 50th landlord tells you that you can’t rent an apartment because of your record, or the 50th employer explains that their company doesn’t hire ‘felons’?”

Christopher Poulos, executive director of Life of Purpose Treatment at the University of North Texas, asks this in a piece for The Bangor Daily News.

By Emily Andrews
September 20, 2016
Christopher Poulos | Michigan | Reentry | Second Chances
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Throwing Starfish Back into the Sea

Zane Tankel knows what it means to have a second chance.

The now-75 year old remembers growing up in a tough neighborhood in Patterson, New Jersey. A self-described “tough guy,” Tankel regularly skipped school, learning to fight, steal, and intimidate. “I went away for a little while as a kid,” he admits.

By Steve Rempe
September 12, 2016
employment | New Jersey | New York City | Patterson | Reentry | Starfish | Zane Tankel
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CT Highlights Gaps in Evangelical Ministry to Incarcerated Community

Christianity Today dedicated its September issue to the topic of evangelicals and their ministry to those impacted by crime and incarceration. One excellent article–How Churches Change the Equation for Life After Prison–highlighted the fact that over the past several decades, Christians have entered the arena of prison ministry in hordes, but their focus has been largely on evangelism and discipleship–impact on an individual and heart level–while areas like reentry and criminal justice reform have been largely untouched.

By Zoe Erler
September 1, 2016
Christianity Today | Criminal Justice Reform | LIfeWay Research | Reentry | Shawn Casselberry
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Restoring Bikes, Transforming Lives

Nearly every fourth Tuesday of the month, a shabby batch of bicycles arrives at the gates of Folsom State Prison.

Members of the Cameron Park Rotary Club collect the misfit bicycles from a warehouse in Diamond Springs, California, and send them off to Folsom to be repaired, repainted, and restored.

By Emily Andrews
August 17, 2016
California | Christmas | Folsom Prison | Reentry
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Celebrating 40 Years of Transformation

As Prison Fellowship celebrates our 40th anniversary, we are reminded how important our ministry partners are in bringing about transformation in the lives of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. From in-prison volunteers, to prison officials, to local church ministries and transitional housing, there are many people that continue to “remember the prisoner” and seek to restore them to their communities.

By Steve Rempe
August 16, 2016
Angel Tree | denise harris | Detroit | In Prison | Michigan | Orchard Lake Community Presbyterian Church | Prayer Team | Reentry
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Identifying a Problem in Reentry

Most of us have them in our wallets or purses right now—little laminated cards with our names and a typically bad photograph that identifies who we are and where we live. They are of vital importance to any number of routine tasks, be it cashing a check, purchasing an airline ticket, or applying for a job.

By Steve Rempe
August 16, 2016
department of justice | ID Cards | Identification | Loretta Lynch | Reentry | Second Prison Project
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Taking Steps in the Right Direction

Over the last quarter century, the number of women behind bars has increased by more than 700 percent. According to The Sentencing Project:

Half of those women were not employed full-time the month before incarceration. Nearly half had never finished high school.

By Emily Andrews
August 5, 2016
Des Moines | graduation | Iowa | Mitchellville | Reentry | women
Finding the Secret Recipe for Post-Prison Success - fried chicken wings feature
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Finding the ‘Secret Recipe’ for Post-Prison Success

Hot Chicken Takeover (HCT) is an up-and-coming restaurant in the trendy “Short North” neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. The popular eatery boasts that it has the best “Nashville style” fried chicken and soul food in town, with long communal tables designed to allow patrons to share the experience with others.

By Steve Rempe
August 3, 2016
Columbus | Columbus Dispatch | Hot Chicken Takeover | James Hasan | Joe DeLoss | Ohio | Reentry
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The Benefits of Hiring Former Prisoners

A new initiative in Iowa is encouraging employers to consider hiring men and women with criminal records, highlighting the positive impact such hires can have for businesses and for their communities.

The United States Attorney’s Office will be presenting a series of three workshops across northern Iowa to help assist former prisoners to find and keep employment.

By Steve Rempe
July 27, 2016
employment | Iowa | Kevin Techau | Reentry | Second Chance Hiring
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Billy Kidd Takes His Last Shot

The following article appears in the Summer 2016 issue of Inside Journal, Prison Fellowship’s quarterly publication written specifically for incarcerated men and women.  To learn more about Inside Journal, and to read or print out previous issues, click here.

William “Billy” Kidd used to live up to his outlaw name.

By Alyson R. Quinn
July 22, 2016
Family | Mark Goricki | Michigan | Reentry
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A Voice for Reentry

Scan the radio dial on any summer road trip, and you will find no shortage of talk radio programming. Whether conservative, liberal, or somewhere in-between, there are always plenty of people who are willing to share their opinions and their experiences about the events and issues of the day.

By Steve Rempe
July 8, 2016
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Radio | Reentry | WPPM
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Returning Home

When the Rev. Damita Davis-Howard’s son was released from his incarceration in 2014, he sought to rebuild his life. He moved in with his young son, his son’s mother, and her family, and attempted to be the father he himself had not had since his own had passed away when he was 13.

By Steve Rempe
July 7, 2016
California | Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Human Impact Partners | Oakland | Public Housing | Reentry | San Francisco Chronicle | Second Prison Project
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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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Solving the Recidivism Puzzle

There is little debate remaining that the United States has a significant problem with the recidivism of former prisoners. Department of Justice statistics show that one-third of released prisoners are rearrested in their first year outside prison walls. Within three years, that number jumps to 50 percent, and then to 75 percent over five years.

By Steve Rempe
June 23, 2016
Angel Tree | education | Evangelism | Family | recidivism | Reentry | Second Prison | Second Prison Project
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Serving for Life

By the time he was 21, Jason Hernandez was already serving a life sentence in a federal prison. Arrested for running a 50-person drug distribution ring he inherited when his older brother J.J. was sent to prison, Hernandez figured he would be out and back on the streets within 24 hours.

By Steve Rempe
June 6, 2016
Jason Hernandez | McKinney | Reentry | Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act | Texas | Texas Monthly
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