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National Criminal Justice Commission Act passes Committee
Healing from victimization and criminalization is nuanced (to say the least) and difficult. This cannot be solved by such retributive practices. We need an opportunity to reform the system around the...
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NCJCA introduced in 112th Congress
Yesterday, February 8th, Senator Jim Webb introduced again the National Criminal Justice Commission Act. The legislation, meant to create a bipartisan commission tasked with reviewing the entire...
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The Federal Budget and Criminal Justice
On April 5 Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, released a budget designed by himself which will be used as a significant guidepost for what the House will work from to craft a...
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“Five myths about Americans in prison”
Myths abound in U.S. society when prison and inmates are concerned. Media and policy decisions have too-often drawn upon “tough on crime” stances. The result is that we as a society have become...
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Colorado ministry counters harmful policies
The work of the church often highlights the depravity of government policy. I found this to be particularly true in this Mennonite Weekly Review article about New Horizons, a women’s prison ministry...
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Restorative Justice Works!
Jesse Epp-Fransen recently attended a Restorative Justice conference hosted by West Coast MCC. Restorative justice works! This was the message of the Day of Justice held in Fresno, California, on March...
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Kansas to establish Justice Reinvestment working group
In early June Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed legislation establishing a “Justice Reinvestment Working Group.” (The news story is available here.) The role of this group will be to guide a...
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High school essay contest winners announced
WASHINGTON – Olivia Dalke, a junior at Dallas High School in Dallas, Oregon, and a member of Salem Mennonite Church, has earned the grand prize of $1,000 for her essay on climate change in the...
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The Church and Criminal Justice: What it Looks Like “On the Ground”
Today we are delighted to share some reflections from the MennoBytes blog on a recent criminal justice event that we co-sponsored, along with the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
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