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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Reentry

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Seeking a Second Chance

In 2000, Dana Bowerman was arrested for her role in a methamphetamine ring in Texas. She was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison—a sentence even the judge overseeing the case admitted was very harsh.

“I needed time to get my head straight,” Bowerman admits, reflecting on a life that had gone from being an honor roll student to a 15-year addiction to methamphetamine at the time of her arrest.

By Steve Rempe
April 14, 2016
Daily Signal | Dana Bowerman | employment | mandatory minimums | Reentry | Texas
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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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Remembering Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard performing in 2009 (Wikipedia Commons/whittlz).

When Merle Haggard passed away last week on his 79th birthday, country music lost one of its best storytellers.

For decades, Haggard built his legacy as a rough-and-tumble country outlaw, telling stories of his own troubled past, which involved repeated stints in both reform schools and, later, in prison.

By Steve Rempe
April 11, 2016
California | Merle Haggard | Reentry | San Quentin | Second Prison Project
More than a Coffeehouse - Rhonda Bear feature
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More than a Coffeehouse

Rhonda Bear knows the challenges that women who have been incarcerated face as they attempt to reintegrate into society.

A former prisoner herself, Bear was fortunate to have received support and encouragement from Eileen, a volunteer who encouraged her and nurtured her Christian faith while she was still in prison.

By Steve Rempe
April 8, 2016
Oklahoma | Reentry | Rhonda Bear | She Brews Coffee House | Stand in the Gap
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When Do We Heal?

Last fall, Prison Fellowship teamed up with singer-songwriter Idalee to create something unique—a music video, shot entirely inside a corrections facility, with a band composed of men from the prison.

"I had the amazing opportunity ... to bring this song, 'Heal,' into prison and perform it with prisoners," Idalee says.

By Steve Rempe
February 24, 2016
Heal | houston | Idalee | music | Reentry | Texas | Video
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Returning to Serve

Having retired following 18 years as a corrections officer at several facilities in Michigan, Billy Stewart is once again returning to prison—this time as a volunteer with Prison Fellowship.  Denise Harris, Prison Fellowship’s field director for the Detroit area, asks Billy to share his thoughts about his perspective of prisoners as an officer, and what is taking him back behind bars.

By Prison Fellowship
February 8, 2016
Corrections Officer | In Prison | Michigan | Reentry | volunteer
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God May See a King

John Jennings stood in the courtroom, looking into the eyes of the man who had murdered his son. This man had been his son’s friend, but one night, this “friend” took John’s son into the woods, demanded his money, and shot him.

By Beth Reid
February 5, 2016
John Jennings | North Carolina | Reentry | Robbery | South Carolina
Hiring feature
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Would You Hire a Former Prisoner?

The Albuquerque Business First journal recently asked its readers a probing question—would you hire someone who had just been released from prison?

Responses were predictably varied, with many respondents answering affirmatively.  Those that did say they would hire a former prisoner typically cited the importance of second chances and a need to break the cycle of recidivism.

By Steve Rempe
February 3, 2016
New Mexico | recidivism | Reentry | Second Prison | Second Prison Project
Idle hands feature
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The Work of Their Hands

For Fred, a prisoner serving a 10-year sentence at the Maine State Prison in Warren, incarceration is an opportunity to improve himself.

"I knew right off the bat that when I was going away for a long time that I had to do something with myself while I was here," Fred says.

By Steve Rempe
January 21, 2016
Maine | Reentry | Wood Harvesting | Wood Products Industry | Woodworking
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Road Twenty-Two to Redemption

A San Francisco apparel company is seeking to provide women who have spent time behind bars an opportunity to begin new careers in the fashion industry.

Named after the road leading out of the Central California Women's Correctional Facility in Chowchilla, Road Twenty-Two designs and manufactures high-end shirts for men and women.  

By Steve Rempe
January 13, 2016
California | employment | Fashion | Fif Ghobadian | Reentry | Road Twenty-Two | san francisco
Stranger in a strange land feature
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Stranger in a Strange Land

Imagine being transported 50 years into the future.  Things that were once commonplace have disappeared, or have become quaint relics of an earlier time.  In their place are new items and technologies that you don’t understand and can’t use.  The food people eat and the clothes they wear are different than you remember, and at a much higher cost than before.  

By Steve Rempe
December 10, 2015
Otis Johnson | Reentry
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Mistaken Identity

On a recent trip to Michigan, I approached a man that I thought was our local Prison Fellowship field director. I hugged him and thanked him for all he was doing.

When I asked how he was, he said, “I’ve been out for three months, and I am an associate pastor!”

By Jim Liske
November 23, 2015
drug lord | Michigan | Reentry | Transformation
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The Christian and the Criminal Justice System

The following is a version of remarks given by Prison Fellowship President and CEO Jim Liske at Movement Day NYC, a gathering of Christian leaders discussing how to cultivate Gospel movements in urban areas across the country.  For more information about Movement Day, visit www.movementday.com.

By Jim Liske
November 6, 2015
Children | From the CEO | Justice Fellowship | movement day | New York | New York City | Prayer | Reentry | volunteer
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Better than 100 Sermons

Ron and Phil sat side-by-side on a platform, sharing about the decades that their life stories have intertwined. The journey began when Ron, then a drug addict desperately seeking cash, shot and killed Phil’s father.

After Ron pulled the trigger, he went to prison.

By Jim Liske
November 3, 2015
forgiveness | From the CEO | Prison Fellowship | Reentry
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All Things New

I first met Emily two years ago, at the start of her sentence for drug trafficking and assault. Nineteen years old and thin, she hardly looked capable of the crimes for which she had been sentenced. Her demeanor, too hardened for her years, masked the vulnerability of a little girl.

By Jim Liske
October 26, 2015
Emily | Mentoring | Reentry
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