Alabama has an incarceration crisis. In 2018, 946 out of every 100,000 residents were incarcerated, placing the state in the top five within the United
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
Youth in the correctional system are sign of family, community problems By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist Still wearing his black robe, weary Circuit
By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist On any given day in Alabama nearly 106,000 men, women and children are either incarcerated or under some
While most Protestant pastors visit correctional facilities and want to help prisoners and their families, their churches often lack the training or finances for effective
By Martha Simmons Correspondent, The Alabama Baptist It was a curious statement. “The unsaved are not a project,” asserted a devotional in the Correctional Ministries
Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, has joined 96 other Christian leaders supporting a campaign for criminal justice reform