‘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 […]
“Hope is there”: Once behind bars, a pastor advocates for giving released prisoners a clean slate
Having overcome his own prison record, Seventh-day Adventist pastor Aaron Chancy is lobbying state officials in New York to approve the Clean Slate Act. ELEONORA FRANCICA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane
In an article first published on The Conversation, criminologists JORDAN HYATT and SYNØVE NYGAARD ANDERSEN look at what a recent collaboration between correctional services in Pennsylvania and several Scandinavian countries reveals…
Maintaining contact: Christian higher ed courses in prisons continue, adapt amid COVID-19
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, report on how Christian higher education organisations have maintained connections in US prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Essay: US prisons hold more than 550,000 people with intellectual disabilities – they face exploitation, harsh treatment
In an article first published on The Conversation, JENNIFER SARRETT, of the Center for Study of Human Health at Emory University in the US, argues that it’s time cognitive, intellectual and developmental disability form part of the conversation on reforming the US prison system…
“Deadly as Dachau”: US activists call for mass decarceration during pandemic
Boston, USRNS If any locals still braving the streets walked past Boston’s John F Kennedy Federal Building over the weekend, they may have found themselves staring at a massive black-and-white image of Anne Frank’s face. “Anne Frank died of an infectious disease in a crowded detention center,” read the image, projected Sunday night by activists […]
AFTER PRISON: HOW ONE US-BASED RELIGIOUS COALITION WELCOMES THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED HOME
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from North Carollina…