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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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Life Re-Imagined

This Thanksgiving, Beth will be celebrating how God has continued to transform her and use her during this year since her release.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
October 26, 2015
BAMBI | incarceration | jail | ministry | mother and baby bonding | Prison | Prison Fellowship | Reentry | Support | Texas
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Welcoming Home the Prisoner

Among the challenges facing many of the men and women returning from prison is finding a faith community where they will be welcomed, supported, and encouraged as they learn to adapt to life outside prison walls.

The Rev. Dr. Chappell Temple, pastor at Christ Methodist Church in Sugarland, Texas, has partnered with Prison Fellowship in serving the incarcerated in his community.  

By Steve Rempe
October 15, 2015
Prison Fellowship Shorts | Reentry | Rev. Chappell Temple | Sugarland | Texas | Video
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Five Things I Learned in Prison

Katherine Thompson recently served as a policy intern with Justice Fellowship.  A version of the following article originally appeared on the House of Margaret Thatcher website, and is used here with permission.

If I could attend church in prison every week, I would.

By Katherine Thompson
October 5, 2015
In-Prison | Katherine Thompson | Reentry | rehabilitation | Restoration
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Improving the Return on Sentencing Laws

A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts provides new evidence suggesting that the increased incarceration rates over the last three decades for drug offenses have done little to reduce crime and recidivism.

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The study, “Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Return,” examines the effects of “tough on crime” legislation passed in the 1980s and 1990s.  

By Steve Rempe
September 16, 2015
Drug Policy | Drugs | mandatory minimums | Pew | recidivism | Reentry | Three Strikes
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Not Like the Movies

It sounds like the setup for a new action film.  Early in the morning on August 11, a bus transporting 50 prisoners from a worksite crashed into an overturned semi trailer on a remote Arizona freeway.  The bus careened into the road median, the driver seriously hurt.

By Steve Rempe
August 27, 2015
Arizona | Huffington Post | movie | Reentry
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Dressed for Success: A Reentry Story

The community reentry team connected Albert with Paving the Way, one of Prison Fellowship's reentry partners that helps former prisoners in their search for employment.

By Debora Postell
July 29, 2015
California | community reentry team | employment | former prisoner | interview | job | mentor | Miracle | needs of ex-prisoners | Prayer | Prison | Prison Fellowship | prisoner | Reentry
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Change on the Horizon?

For all the contentious, divisive issues that have recently dominated national headlines, there is one policy issue that continues to receive broad, bipartisan support—the need for meaningful sentencing and corrections reforms in the United States.  And with new efforts by President Obama to highlight the need for changes, the time may be right for a significant transformation in how we view prisons and the men and women inside them.

By Steve Rempe
July 17, 2015
El Reno | John Cornyn | mandatory minimums | Obama Administration | Oklahoma | overcrowding | Prison Rape | Rand Paul | Reentry
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Planting Seeds of Hope

Denise Harris is the field director for Prison Fellowship in Detroit, Michigan.

On a beautiful summer day, nearly 70 former prisoners, mentors, and Prison Fellowship staff descended upon the rolling hills of the Colombiere Conference and Retreat Center in Clarkston, Michigan, for a day they’d never forget.

By Denise Harris
July 14, 2015
Colombiere | Dray Hill | Goodfellas for God | Huron Valley Women's Correctional Facility | Michigan | Reentry | Retreat | Rocco Morelli
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Hopeless No Longer

Bobby calls it a privilege to “lead those in prison to a life-changing encounter with the one and only living God.”

By Prison Fellowship
July 9, 2015
father | God | Hope | hopeless no longer | incarceration | Parole | Prison | Prison Fellowship | prisoner | Reentry | son
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A Dream Realized

Jim Liske (l) with Chuck Colson

When I was still a pastor in Michigan, Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson came up for a visit. He attended a lunch celebrating those involved in a church-based reentry program for the formerly incarcerated. Men and women came up to thank Chuck for his work with prisoners, and as they did so, tears sprang to his eyes.

By Jim Liske
April 21, 2015
Chuck Colson | From the CEO | Prison Fellowship | Reentry | Revival
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