State leaders, agencies working to cut recidivism in half
August 28, 2024
Several Alabama state agencies are working different efforts and initiatives to keep people from returning to prison after they’re released.
Hunter Street Baptist Church hosts prison ministry volunteer training
July 8, 2024
Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover recently held a training event for those looking to get involved in prison ministry.
While trending down, violence in Alabama prisons sees slight uptick in latest report
June 27, 2024
A total of 163 assaults were documented within Alabama’s prisons in April, a new report says. That’s a slight uptick when compared to the previous month. More generally, instances of prison violence have been on a downward trajectory …
Young Christian Professionals founder leverages personal experience to help others after prison
August 4, 2023
Some 600,000 people leave U.S. prisons every year, only to encounter a series of roadblocks to reintegration. Stanley Frankart knows. He was one of those
Dale Association jail ministry feeding inmates’ hunger for good news
August 7, 2022
Jail ministry volunteers from Dale Baptist Association conducted a baptism service July 21 for 44 Dale County inmates who made salvation decisions through their effort.
24 inmates awarded BA degree in pastoral ministry will serve NC prisons as ministers
December 26, 2021
Twenty-four men wearing black caps and gowns strode across the stage of the Nash Correctional gym Dec. 15 to collect a bachelor of arts diploma
New Orleans Seminary connects with prisoners, even during pandemic
May 14, 2021
Despite the elimination of most prison visitations for many months during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has found ways to stay connected
Texas ends clergy, spiritual advisers ban in death chamber
April 26, 2021
Texas prisons have resumed allowing clergy as well as spiritual advisers in the death chamber, reversing a two-year ban created after the U.S. Supreme Court
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