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Investing in Prisoners for the Future, and Other Inspiration for 2020

Let's end 2019 with a bang! Join us as we remember the prisoner and prepare for a new year of investing in prisoners and their families.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 31, 2019
Annual Report | Create: New Beginnings | Hope Event | Prison Fellowship Academy | Warden Exchange
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The Key to Safer Communities Is Better Prisons

Despite recent reforms, the United States still has the largest prison population in the world. America’s prisons need a culture shift if we’re to see an end to the cycle of crime and incarceration.

By James J. Ackerman
June 27, 2019
In Prison | Prison Fellowship Academy | Warden Exchange
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Warden Exchange: Making Safer Communities Inside and Out

Warden Exchange is changing the way we think about prison.

By Prison Fellowship
June 18, 2019
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Remembering Those Who Work in Prison

Tim Buchanan meets with every prisoner when they arrive at his correctional facility. "It is not my place to judge these men for the offense which lead to their incarceration," the 45-year-old Warden says. "but rather to instill the concept of accountability for their choices they make moving forward."

By Emily Harris Greene
September 11, 2017
Corrections | Corrections Officer | In Prison | warden | Warden Exchange
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Year in Review: Changing Prisons and Changing the World

For 40 years, Prison Fellowship® has been going into correctional facilities, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with those behind bars, and offering the hope of true transformation. Through the use of Bible-based programming, and with the help of thousands of committed volunteers, lives are being changed, hope is being restored, and darkness is being replaced with the promise of a future.

By Prison Fellowship
December 21, 2016
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Prison Officials Look to the Future at Warden Exchange Residency

Amazing! Outstanding experience. The most impacting, rewarding development of my leadership skills and relationships. These are the words of wardens, deputy wardens, and assistant wardens after participating in Prison Fellowship’s recent Warden Exchange program residency in Minneapolis.

The two-day residency began with a comparison between European and American prisons, led by Association for State Correctional Administrators president Leann Bertsch and Colette Mazzucelli, a New York University international relations professor.

By Katie Milne
October 10, 2016
Burl Cain | Colette Mazzucelli | Doug Dretke | Leann Bertsch | Lino Lakes | Minneapolis | Minnesota | San Quentin | Shark Tank | Transformation | Virtual Reality | Warden Exchange
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Life Without Mom

One of the less obvious statistics about crime and incarceration is also one of the most significant.

Nationwide, there are 2.7 million children with at least one parent behind bars. These kids are forced to deal with feelings of abandonment, shame, guilt, and loneliness, and face not having their mom or dad present for the landmark moments of their young lives.

By Steve Rempe
August 12, 2016
Angel Tree | Family | Huffington Post | moms | Warden Exchange
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A Girl Who Wants to Go to Prison

A version of this story originally appeared on the Huffington Post.

For some time I have felt a desire to work in a prison. I’m not exactly sure why. Could it be because of my prison visit three years ago? Perhaps. 

By Allison McNulla
July 8, 2016
Transformational Leadership | Warden Exchange
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Rebuilding the System

When the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia was first built in 1829, it promised to be the leading edge of what was to be a reform of the corrections systems around the world. In contrast to other prisons that focused primarily on retribution, Eastern State put an emphasis on reform instead of punishment, and served as the model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.

By Steve Rempe
June 29, 2016
Eastern State Penitentiary | Germany | Jim Kenney | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Vera Institute | Vera Institute of Justice | Warden Exchange
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Corrections Officials and Depression

Prison can be a dark, lonely place. The isolation; the ever-present threat of violence; the cold, bare walls and heavy iron bars—it’s not surprising that some of those inside corrections facilities struggle with maintaining their emotional and mental health.

And that struggle is not just limited to prisoners.

By Steve Rempe
June 3, 2016
depression | Michigan | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Warden Exchange
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