Media Coverage

Below is a sample of media coverage featuring Prison Fellowship.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

July 5, 2010

by Alex Branch
Headline: “Texas Program Aims to Help Ex-Inmates Re-Enter Society”
Related Link

Austin American-Statesman

June 25, 2010

by Mark Earley and Jerry Madden
Headline: “Prisoners Need Support When Rejoining Society”
Related Link

The Arizona Republic

May 4, 2010

by Mark Earley and William Anderson
Headline: "Helping Prisoners Make a Clean Start"
Related Link

The Detroit News

April 9, 2010

by Mark Earley and Mike Timmis
Headline: "Support Can Help Released Prisoners Turn Their Lives Around"
Related Link

Associated Press

April 6, 2010

Topic: “Preparing For Life After A Life Behind Bars”
Related Link

WILX-TV (NBC Affiliate - Lansing, Mich.)

April 6, 2010

Topic: Out4Life Michigan
Related Link

Los Angeles Times

April 5, 2010

by Connie Rice and Pat Nolan
Headline: “Policing Prisons: Action Is Long Overdue to Stop Sexual Assaults in America's Correctional Facilities”
Related Link

New York Times Magazine

March 29, 2010

by Edward Lewine
Headline: "Domains - Chuck W. Colson’s House of Worship”
Related Link

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

March 24, 2010

by Mark Earley and Newt Gingrich
Headline: "Cutting Recidivism Saves Lives and Money"
Related Link

Associated Press

March 9, 2010

Headline: “Certification Helps TN Inmates Ending Sentences”
Related Link

The Tennessean

March 8, 2010

Headline: “Prison Program Readies Inmates for Work after Release”

CBS Nashville – News Channel 5

March 3, 2010

Topic: “New Partnership Formed to Keep Ex-Cons out of Prison”
Related Link

NBC Los Angeles

December 27, 2009

Topic: Prison Reform - Segment 1
Related Link

NBC Los Angeles

December 27, 2009

Topic: Prison Reform - Segment 2
Related Link

Baptist Press

December 22, 2009

by Diana Chandler
Headline: “Children of inmates receive Christmas hope”
Related Link

American Family Radio Network

December 8, 2009

Topic: Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree
Related Link

Tuscaloosa News

December 2, 2009

by Ashley Boyd
Headline: “Angel Tree Project helps families of incarcerated”
Related Link

Detroit Free Press

November 28, 2009

by Michael Timmis and Pat Nolan
Headline: "Revise laws to lower prison costs, keep everyone safer"
Related Link

Huffington Post

October 15, 2009

by Pat Nolan
Headline: "Stop Shackling Inmate Mothers"
Related Link

Moody Radio Network’s Prime Time America

October 13, 2009

Topic: Out4Life National Prisoner Re-Entry Movement
Related Link

Arkansas Catholic

October 3, 2009

by Armando Rios
Headline: "Faith groups unite to mentor ex-prisoners"
Related Link

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

September 15, 2009

by Andy Davis
Headline: "Forum's aim is to aid convicts Agencies discuss ways to keep prisoners from returning to jail"
Related Link

KTHV-TV

September 14, 2009

Topic: "Out 4 Life Movement Comes To Arkansas"
Related Link

Los Angeles Times

September 3, 2009

by George Skelton
Headline: "California Legislature on the verge of major achievements"
Related Link

The Sacramento Bee

August 30, 2009

by Pat Nolan
Headline: "Take it from experience: Prisons need reform"
Related Link

The Huffington Post

August 29, 2009

by Pat Nolan
Headline: "Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty"
Related Link

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

August 18, 2009

by Mark Earley
Headline: "Ex-cons seldom as lucky as Vick"
Related Link

Huffington Post

July 21, 2009

by Pat Nolan
Headline: "Getting Serious About Prison Rape"
Related Link

CBS – Memphis, Tenn.

July 16, 2009

Topic: “Key to Ending Cycle of Crime In Memphis?”
Related Link

Huffington Post

July 14, 2009

by Pat Nolan
Headline: "California Keeps Prison Population High But Cuts Treatment Programs"
Related Link

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

October 12, 2008

by Mark Earley
Headline: "Prisons need chaplains to do vital work"
Related Link

DC Public Safety Radio

August 12, 2008

Topic: Prison Fellowship and Offender Reentry
Related Link

The New York Times

June 28, 2008

by Samuel Freedman
Headline: "On Religion: Unlikely Allies on a Former Wedge Issue "
Related Link

Houston Chronicle

May 18, 2008

by Bill Murphy
Headline: "Their prison songs are songs of joy"
Related Link

Baptist Press

March 5, 2008

by Erin Roach
Headline: "Study: 1 in 100 Americans Are in Prison"
Related Link

OneNewsNow

March 3, 2008

by Allie Martin
Headline: "Jesus the Answer for Numerous American Prisoners, says Earley"
Related Link

The Daily Journal

January 24, 2008

by Jaclyn Youhana
Headline: "The Need for Prison Fellowship Increases"

The Hartford Courant

December 5, 2007

by Stan Simpson
Headline: "Inmates' Forgotten Children"

Fox News Channel

November 15, 2007

by John Scott
Headline: "A Texas Prison Is Using Faith to Help Convicted Killers"
Related Link

Houston Chronicle

November 6, 2007

by Peggy O'Hare
Headline: "Reaching Salvation Through Incarceration"

Green Bay Press-Gazette

November 5, 2007

by Patti Zarling
Headline: "Prison Fellowship Mentoring Program Seeks Volunteers "

KUHF-FM (NPR Houston)

November 5, 2007

by Jack Williams
Headline: "Prison Ministry Changing Lives, But Critics Persist"

Associated Press Newswires

October 13, 2007

by David Crary
Headline: "Faith-based Prisons Multiply"
Related Link

The Christian Post

September 25, 2007

by Michelle Vu
Headline: "Prisons' Purging of Faith Books Faces Opposition"

Billings Gazette

September 20, 2007

by Susan Olp
Headline: "Prison Ministry Invites Inmates to Find New Path"
Related Link

Christianity Today

September 12, 2007

by Jim Romeo
Headline: "Second Chances at Life"
Related Link

The New York Times

September 10, 2007

by Laurie Goodstein
Headline: "Prisons Purging Books on Faith from Libraries"
Related Link

The Des Moines Register

June 30, 2007

by William Petroski
Headline: "Deal Lets Prison Keep Bible Program"
Related Link

Richmond Times-Dispatch

May 7, 2007

Headline: "New Policy on Prisoners Urged, Earley Seeks Greater Focus on Helping Them Re-enter Society"

Dallas Observer

April 26, 2007

by Jesse Hyde
Headline: "Jesus in the Jailhouse"
Related Link

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

April 9, 2007

by James Davis
Headline: "Former Watergate felon Colson, ministers take Easter message to Pompano Inmates"
Related Link

The Wichita Eagle

January 4, 2007

by Jaime Oppenheimer
Headline: "A Cherished Family Tradition"

The Orange County Register

January 4, 2007

Headline: "The Revolving Cell Door"

Contra Costa Times

December 30, 2006

by Andrew Becker
Headline: "Angels' Reach for Children Extends Beyond Bars"

The Bakersfield Californian

December 22, 2006

by Mark Barna
Headline: "Giving Spirit Soars: Ministry Helps Bridge Gap Between Prisoners, Their Kids During Holidays"

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

December 17, 2006

Headline: "A Different Christmas: It's the Hardest Time of Year for the Children of Inmates"

The Christian Post

December 12, 2006

by Lillian Kwon
Headline: "Faith-Based Prison Programs on the Line"

The New York Times

December 10, 2006

Topic: InnerChange Freedom Initiative
Related Link

The Orlando Sentinel

December 6, 2006

by Steven D. Barnes
Headline: "Angels Help Out Inmates' Families: Churches Join the Angel Tree Ministry in Bringing Holiday Joy to the Children of People in Prison"

The Orange County Register

October 22, 2006

by Gwendolyn Driscoll
Headline: "Faith and Healing"

Los Angeles Daily News

September 18, 2006

by Carol Rock
Headline: "Kids of Prison Moms Get Help"

The Des Moines Register

August 24, 2006

by Tony Perkins
Headline: Allow Faith Groups to Work, Offer Hope in Prisons

Jay Sekulow Live!

August 23, 2006

Topic: Iowa's InnerChange Freedom Initiative program and recent court activity with Chuck Colson
Related Link

USA Radio Point of View

August 14, 2006

Topic: Radical Muslim Prison Chaplains, Inner-Change Freedom Initiative
Related Link

Focus on the Family Radio Show

August 14, 2006

Topic: Ministries Under Fire
Related Link

The 700 Club

June 9, 2006

Topic: Mark Earley & InnerChange Freedom Initiative (segment begins at 8:50)
Related Link

Janet Parshall’s America

June 8, 2006

Topic: Mark Earley & InnerChange Freedom Initiative
Related Link

National Public Radio

June 7, 2006

Topic: Bible-Based Prison Treatment Program Shelved

The Knoxville News-Sentinel

July 23, 2005

by David Waters
Headline: "Stats Reflect the Redemptive Power of Faith-Based Prison Reform"

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

April 24, 2005

by Mark Johnson
Headline: "Faces of Hope: Out of darkness and into the light: Mentors offer spiritual grounding to prisoners"

New York Times Op-Ed

March 6, 2005

by Chuck Colson
Headline: "Martha Stewart Living Free"
Related Link

ChristianityToday.com

February 21, 2005

by Rob Moll
Headline: "Do Evangelicals Owe Bush?"
Related Link

TIME

February 7, 2005

by David Van Biema
Headline: "The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America"

USA Today Op-Ed

January 1, 2005

by Chuck Colson and Joseph Califano
Headline: "Criminal Neglect"
Related Link

The Washington Post

December 19, 2004

by Michelle Boorstein
Headline: "Earley Finds New Calling, Post-Politics"

The Virginian-Pilot

November 7, 2004

by Warren Fiske
Headline: "Full Circle"