In a rare reminder that sometimes helping people can be more important than maintaining party lines, President Trump joined with members on both sides of the aisle in Congress this week to announce that he will support a bipartisan prison reform bill.
In early August, President Donald Trump invited a group of pastors to the White House to discuss prison and criminal justice reform.
In the frenzied and partisan times we live in, there occasionally arises an issue or a cause that ought to obviously solicit the support of Democrats and Republicans as well as communities of faith across the spectrum.
You’re listening to BreakPoint thanks to a few Christians who once gave an ex-prisoner a second chance.
A national prison ministry is joining forces with conservative and liberal groups to call on church leaders and politicians to give former prisoners a second chance at normal lives.
A bipartisan congressional task force on Jan. 26 recommended reforms to reduce the federal prison population by 60,000 and save taxpayers more than $5 billion.
Miracle #1: Congress is on the verge of approving a major criminal justice reform bill. Miracle #2: Republicans and Democrats are both backing it.
Here at BreakPoint, we think about Chuck Colson quite a bit. And I’m happy to say that when it comes to prison reform, Congress has remembered him also.
