Articles from Prison Fellowship

Washington, D.C., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, today announced a groundbreaking Day of Action to urge Congress to pass a bicameral, bipartisan resolution that will be introduced in both chambers today designating April 2025 as Second Chance Month.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform, issued the following statement after the New York attorney general recently released body-camera footage showing officers of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision beating a handcuffed Robert Brooks at the Marcy Correctional Facility. Brooks was pronounced dead the next day.

More than 40 Prison Fellowship employees, including 30 who have been formerly incarcerated, advocated for the bill on Capitol Hill on June 18, 2024

Washington, D.C., May 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform, commends the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Federal Prison Oversight Act (H.R.3019 | S. 1401). Led by Congresswoman Lucy McBath (D-GA) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), the bipartisan bill will create new tools for regular independent oversight of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Mike Braun (R-IN) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) currently lead the companion bill in the Senate.

Washington, D.C., May 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families, released the following statement after the United States Senate declared April 2024 as Second Chance Month. The resolution was led by Senators Klobuchar (D-MN), Cramer (R-ND), Capito (R-WV) and Markey (D-MA).

Washington, D.C., April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released the following statement after President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. proclaimed April 2024 as Second Chance Month.

Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship®, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released the following statement after the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing to examine and prevent deaths of incarcerated individuals in federal prisons. Following this hearing, the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism will take up the related issue of the national correctional staffing crisis. These hearings follow a devastating report by the Department of Justice Inspector General on 344 deaths of men and women incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons over an eight-year period.

Washington, D.C., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship®, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released the following statement after the United States Senate declared April 2023 as Second Chance Month. The resolution was led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) with a companion text carried by Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Don Bacon (R-NE).

The Biggest Crowd-Funded Project in Television History Will Soon be Available to Thousands of Incarcerated Men and Women Across the Country via Prison Fellowship’s Floodlight In-Prison Streaming Service

The First Chance Network Receives Two-Year Grant to Build Holistic Support for Children with an Incarcerated Parent

Washington, D.C., April 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship®, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, released the following statement after President Biden declared April 2023 as Second Chance Month.