A prison is a loud and edgy place with a powerful clique, just like high school, but much more dangerous. It is also a place filled with pain, regret, and unresolved trauma for many inmates. Studies have shown that forgiveness training has changed lives. Could it help inmates to break free from their past traumas and heal from within?
Between 1972 and 2009, the U.S. prison population grew by almost 700%. But in 2024 it has come down to around 1.25 million. It's still a lot. But at least now, people are realizing that we have an overabundance of lifers in our prisons and too many with insanely long sentences that are wasting taxpayer money and robbing reformed people of any chance of experiencing a renewed life.
July 21, 2025
Eyewitness misidentification has been a leading cause of wrongful convictions across the United States. It has played a role in 70% of the more than 375 wrongful convictions overturned by DNA evidence. In Indiana, 36% of wrongful convictions have involved mistaken eyewitness identification.
July 7, 2025
The cost of incarcerating elderly and ill prisoners is climbing at a tremendous rate That is breaking the bank in prison systems all over the country. Compassionate release is a hot potato, but allowing elderly, dying, or severely ill prisoners who pose no threat to society to seek early release, could saving millions of dollars annually.
June 21, 2025
In the absence of any kind of religious training, a young man, in our money-centric, often violent world, can easily be lost. Life is tough, but prison is tougher, and faith-based programs are shown to lift incarcerated people out of their circumstances into an atmosphere that promotes forgiveness, honesty, and personal accountability...
June 7, 2025
It started on a Saturday night around 10:30, and it never let up until about the same time on Sunday evening when the 14th victim was located. He had walked in with a gunshot wound at Community East Hospital and soon died there. As always, there are families in shock and sorrow. Who are these people?
May 21, 2025
During the COVID pandemic, most of us were too busy adjusting our paper masks to notice that crime was ballooning. Since then, the crime statistics are down, largely due to an effort by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police to get "crime guns" off the street.
May 7, 2025
Without family to provide even a small amount of money to an inmate, they are left to bargain for things they need, which makes them very vulnerable, but aside the issue of money, they often develop depression and anxiety, and without letters or phone calls, they feel entirely alone.
April 21, 2025
The 2018 bi-partisan First Step Act quickly shortened many unfair sentences, thousands, and over the ensuing years increased Federal prison training programs to an amazing degree. the prison population had dropped 28% and the better we try, the better the outcomes for people who want a second chance.
April 7, 2025
Pennsylvania's DOC team were stunned by what they saw: Officers and inmates eating meals together, playing video games, and laughing. Said a visiting staff member, "I was blown away. It was jarring, eye-opening," and another said, 'Oh my God, I've been trained wrong.'"
