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Professor Fortner’s Response to Prison Visit

March 30, 2014 / 0 comments

It was an honor to attend the commencement ceremony at Lakeland Correctional Facility. As a Professor for better than 30 years, I have seen my share of such ceremonies, but this one was unique and memorable for what it represented for those who may feel forgotten and neglected by society. There is little incentive to…

March 2014 Updates

March 27, 2014 / 0 comments

At a March 24 breakfast gathering at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Justice Fellowship’s Crais DeRoche and other staff, along with Rep. Joe Haveman and Sen. John Proos, hosted a meeting with Judge Alm from Hawai’i speaking about HOPE: In 2004, First Circuit Judge Steven Alm launched a pilot program to reduce probation violations…