PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Senator Lee

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Making Today’s Problems Tomorrow’s Success Stories

On May 25, mere steps from the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, Prison Fellowship announced the launch of the Faith and Justice Fellowship. The new bipartisan collaboration brings together a disparate group of policy makers from various faith traditions, united in a desire to promote restorative values in the criminal justice system.

By Steve Rempe
May 27, 2016
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New Bill Seeks to Create Fairer Sentencing Practices

On August 1, senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced a bipartisan bill known as the Smarter Sentencing Act, which will advance more effective and just criminal sentencing for non-violent drug offenses. The legislation is intended to refocus the Bureau of Prisons’ resources on the most serious offenders and crime prevention.

By Craig DeRoche
August 2, 2013
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