PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Wisconsin

Faith and justice foundation feature
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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Danny Amos feature
Rediscovering Innocence

When Danny Amos left prison, he entered a world that was exceedingly bizarre and foreign to him. Having spent five decades behind bars, Danny had never bought his own clothes, and didn’t even know his size. Something as common to most of us as the automatic doors at WalMart were the source of endless amazement to him.

By Steve Rempe
May 11, 2016
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Enemies to Allies

For years, Jacob Maclin was the bane of the Milwaukee police force.  A gang member and drug dealer, Maclin had been arrested so many times that a collection of his mugshots could serve as a timeline of his troubled past.  His enmity toward law enforcement was real and deep, but was particularly focused on one man, a hard-nosed, old school cop named Ray Robakowski.

By Steve Rempe
April 28, 2015