On Jan. 13, as 36 inmates graduated from the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program, something new was included — 15 of them had also participated in a new opioid-specific program.
I have done prison ministry for as long as I have been in pastoral ministry. There is one thing I find in common with the
Followers of Jesus should lead the way in advocating with grace for a restorative criminal justice system, Southern Baptist ethics leader Brent Leatherwood said in
By Caleb Yarbrough Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist Women are the fastest-growing prison population in the country. And each year, thousands of women go behind bars
By Grace Thornton The Alabama Baptist For the past few months, Truett Maddox hasn’t gotten to go into Chilton County jail like usual. But it
By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist Alabama’s state prison system – considered the nation’s deadliest – is “broken” and conditions so inhumane they violate
One family’s experience with prison inspires a program to help others Before the accident Laure and Jerry Clemons had a pretty good life. They had
Jails are now default mental health system because of lack of treatment programs Think everyone behind bars deserves to be there? Let this statistic sink
