First Step Act

Two cheers for the First Step Act

By Jacob Lupfer — December 19, 2018
(RNS) — To continue to make progress in the next Congress, Republican-aligned groups will need to be as willing to work with liberal Democrats as they have with their own tribe.

First Step Act recognizes that prisoners, too, are made in God’s image

By Heather Rice-Minus — December 14, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The current rules and treatment of prisoners in the federal justice system are an affront to the dignity of men and women made in the image of God.

How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform

By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 25, 2018
(RNS) — As the First Step Act passes the U.S. House of Representatives, the country’s largest Christian prison ministry says there’s 'never been greater interest in America in criminal justice reform.'
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