Mass incarceration and the criminal justice system

These stories, essays and Q&As from the Faith & Leadership archives address issues of mass incarceration, the jail and bond system, the death penalty, and rehabiliation and re-entry for former inmates.

Mass incarceration
Jail and the bond system
Death penalty and life sentence
Rehabilitation, support and re-entry

Dominique D. Gilliard: Mass incarceration is antithetical to the gospel

Sarah Jobe: Mass incarceration is one of the biggest problems of our time

Joe Ingle: We need to let them out

Chalice Overy: Helping bail black women out of jail is the work of the Spirit

By Chalice Overy Director of ministries, Baptist Grove Church

Ministering at the margins: Tierra Nueva turns lost sheep into shepherds

By Joely Johnson Mork Journalist

Rhonda Mawhood Lee: Angola prison and the communion of saints

By Rhonda Mawhood Lee Priest, spiritual director and writer

An inmate's perspective on excellence in ministry

By Kenneth L. Carder Retired United Methodist bishop

Helen Prejean: Like water going under and around rock

From funding loss to sustainability

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Journalist and UCC minister

Opening the next door

By Fiona Soltes Journalist

Home for good

By Melba Newsome Journalist