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Biblical Texts to Plan Sermons on Ministering to Prisoners

by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 23, 2018 | Opinion

The first public speech of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, an adaptation of Isaiah 61:1-2, declares his calling to “proclaim freedom for the prisoners.” In one of his final public speeches in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus identifies himself with, among other...

3 Things Your Church Needs to Know About Prison Ministry

by Travis Collins | Mar 21, 2018 | Opinion

“I know you wonder if all the conversions are real,” Joe said to our church council. He was right. The number of conversions reported by our prison minister (he was a part-time, contract minister) was amazing. “Even if one-tenth of them are real,...

A Different Lens: Seeking Biblical Ethic on Incarceration

by Colin Harris | Mar 20, 2018 | Opinion

Incarceration is, by definition, a problem because its reason for being is a response to behavior outside the legal norms of a society. It is also an arena for many “problems within the problem” because of the challenges inherent in its application and...

More U.S. Jail Inmates Require Mental Illness Treatment

by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 13, 2018 | News

The number of persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) in U.S. jails is growing, requiring treatment services most jails are unprepared to offer, according to a report by The Pew Charitable Trusts released on Jan. 24. “Although the central purpose of jails is...

Prison Population Declines in 2016, Reaches 1997 Levels

by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 24, 2018 | News

U.S. prisons saw an overall population decline in 2016, continuing a three-year trend in both federal and state facilities, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report released on Jan. 9. Overall, there were 21,200 fewer prisoners in 2016 than in 2015, a 1...
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