‘The Chosen’: Coming soon to a US prison near you
United StatesRNS The Chosen, the wildly popular TV series based on the life of Jesus and his followers, will soon be available to prisoners at more than 300 correctional institutions in 49 states, courtesy of Prison Fellowship, a criminal justice reform organisation founded by evangelical Christians. Katherine Warnock, head of original content for The Chosen, told […]
Updated: Prison Fellowship joins campaign to reform US cocaine sentencing guidelines
Updated 11.15am (AEDT), 11th March, 2021RNS Prison Fellowship has joined forces with criminal justice and prosecutorial organisations to support bipartisan efforts to reduce disparities in sentences that punish Black Americans more harshly than white Americans. The #EndtheDisparity campaign, a partnership with organisations such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums, has recently focused on the 18-to-one ratio […]
Evangelical leaders push for criminal justice reform in the US
RNS Evangelical Christian leaders are spearheading a campaign for criminal justice reform, calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration. “Our country’s overreliance on incarceration fails to make us safer or to restore people and communities who have been harmed,” said James Ackerman, CEO of […]