EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Reporting on The Network, and Long Form Journalism
Despite the elimination of most prison visitations for many months of the COVID-19 pandemic, some religious higher education institutions have found ways to stay connected with prisoners.
Jack Schaap was a married father of two who pastored the 15,000-member First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, when he started having sex with a 16-year-old girl he was counseling.
A South Carolina nonprofit seeks to break the cycle of recidivism for thousands of prisoners through discipleship and training.
A South Carolina nonprofit seeks to break the cycle of recidivism for thousands of prisoners through discipleship and training.
Every year, the Angel Tree program delivers Christmas gifts to more than a quarter million children whose parents are incarcerated, in the parents’ names.
Recidivism is a fundamental concept in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior. The Bureau of Justice Statistics found in one recent study that 68 percent of inmates released from prison were re-arrested within three years, 79 percent within 6 years, ...