You can be the key to unlocking second chances for people who have faced their consequences, so they can flourish in society! Here are 7 ways to get started.
By Emily Andrews
April 4, 2023
Justice Ambassador | Pell grants | Second Chance Act | Second Chance Month | Voting RightsOn Tuesday, the United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring April 2017 as "Second Chance Month."
By Prison Fellowship
April 26, 2017
Second Chance Act | Second Chance Month | Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) | Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) | Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) | Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) | US SenateIn the Bible, justice is about much more than fairness or catching and punishing “bad guys.” Biblical, or restorative, justice centers focus on restoring everyone affected by wrongdoing—including the offender, the victim, and the community around them. It’s based on shalom, a Hebrew term encompassing peace, wholeness, righteousness, and harmony.
By Jim Liske
January 20, 2015
Fair Sentencing Act | Justice Fellowship | Legislation | Prison Rape | Prison Rape Elimination Act | Restorative Justice | Second Chance Act | ShalomThe following post originally appeared on the Justice Fellowship blog.
There’s no way anyone is going to do this.
That depressing whisper of doubt and futility kept up its nagging as I set up the email that would go out to our national list of supporters.
By Elisabeth Boehm
September 17, 2014
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