Prisoners In Christ

September 19 meeting

September 9, 2014 / 0 comments

The Prisoners in Christ team will meet on Friday morning, Sept. 19, at 10 a.m. at Church of the Servant. Guests are welcome.

Restorative Justice – Kent County Candidate Open Forum – Sept 23

September 5, 2014 / 0 comments

Grand Valley State University 7-9 pm. Lady_Justice_print2014

CAPPS Legislative Day September 17

September 5, 2014 / 0 comments

JOIN US IN LANSING SEPT. 17! 8:30 – 3:30 PM, Wed., Sept. 17 Diocese of Lansing !228 N. Walnut Street, Lansing 48933 Agenda: Welcome, introductions Talking points/Training for meetings Appointments with legislators Debriefing and sharing stories ! MORE INFO: WWW.CAPPS-MI.ORG CAPPS Legislative Day Flyer

Prayers

April 19, 2014 / 0 comments

Gracious Sustainer, thank you for opening doors + The opportunity for COS members Arend, Bob and John to speak at the Lakeland Correctional Facility Focus Group Commencement Ceremony on March 22 + Meetings about prison reform with representatives from Justice Fellowship, Hawaii’s HOPE parole program, MI legislature and Department of Corrections, Citizens for Prisons and…

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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…

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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…

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My Name is Anteyon Rolland Russell

December 19, 2013 / 0 comments

My name is Anteyon Rolan Russell. I was born February 22, 1995 in Elkhart, Indiana, but raised in a small Michigan town named Dowagiac. I am the youngest of 3 sons, we are all a year or two apart from one another in age, so growing up we pretty much entertained each other whenever we…

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After the Boston Bombings

September 4, 2013 / 0 comments

After the Boston Bombings brought the looming threat of anti-American “radicalization” back into the forefront of media coverage and political debate, I began to wonder why key words like radical, extreme and fundamental weren’t applied to the case of Evan Ebel. If you recall, on March 21, 2013, one month before the Tsarnaev brothers attacked…

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Interrupting Cycles of Violence

September 4, 2013 / 0 comments

POST #4 April 2 Between 1980 and 2000 the U.S. penal population has grown from around 300,000 to more than 2.4 million. In 2012 nearly 7 million people were living under correctional control, and 65 million felons have been relegated to the status of second-class citizen. (1) This epidemic of criminality has been diagnosed a…

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Catch A Falling Star

May 18, 2013 / 0 comments

In December of 2012 I was transferred to Lakeland Correctional Facility, located in the city of Coldwater, Michigan. Because of its extremely unique and successful rehabilitation program, Lakeland is one of the premier prisons in the state of Michigan. The goal of the program is to instill, exercise and prove the characteristics of good citizenship….

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