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      <description>Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley Urged Congress to Remove Roadblocks to Hiring Ex&#45;Prisoners &amp; Encouraged Recruitment of Mentors</description>
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      <description>Prison Fellowship, the World&apos;s Largest Prison Outreach, Applauds Landmark Bill</description>
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      <description>&quot;Compassion aside, public safety requires that we do something to make prisoners&apos; transition to life outside prison more successful. This legislation will help do that.&quot;
&#45; Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship</description>
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      <description>Leaders of World&apos;s Largest Prison Ministry Available to Discuss Significance and Impact of Pew Report&apos;s Findings</description>
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      <title>A Statement by Chuck Colson About the Death of William F. Buckley Jr.</title>
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      <title>Statement about the Ending of the Contract Between the InnerChange Freedom Initiative and the State</title>
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      <description>The following statement was issued by Prison Fellowship President and CEO Mark Earley:</description>
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      <title>Statement about the Ending of the Contract Between the InnerChange Freedom Initiative and Iowa</title>
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      <description>The following statement was issued by Prison Fellowship President and CEO Mark Earley:</description>
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      <title>Radical Muslims Are &#8220;Better Theologians&#8221; than American Christians According to Evangelical Leader</title>
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      <description>Two Technical Aspects of Dec. 3 Ruling Challenged to Provide Opportunities for Faith&#45;Based Organizations in the Future</description>
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      <title>This Christmas, Children Receive Bedtime Stories from Dads in Prison</title>
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      <description>InnerChange Freedom Initiative Texas Inmates also Refurbish Bikes for Needy Kids in Houston

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      <title>This Christmas, Two Million Child &#8220;Victims&#8221; Will not Be Forgotten</title>
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      <description>More than 445,000 at&#45;Risk Kids Receive Gifts from Incarcerated Parents</description>
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      <description>Appeals Court Reverses Ruling Requiring Closure of Effective Prisoner Rehabilitation Program and Repayment of $1.5 Million to Iowa</description>
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      <title>8th Circuit Court Overturns Shutdown of of Faith&#45;Based Prison Program</title>
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      <description>Appeals Court Reverses Ruling Requiring Closure of Effective Prisoner Rehabilitation Program and Repayment of $1.5 Million to Iowa</description>
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      <title>Houston Prison Opens Doors for Up&#45;Close Look at Faith&#45;Based Prisoner Rehab Program</title>
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      <description>Americans United Wants to Shut It Down, Current Legal Battle Is Likely Supreme Court&#45;Bound; BUT Former Inmates Return to Prison Next Week to Praise Program Results</description>
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      <title>Former Inmate Testifies to Congressional Committee about the Toll of Over&#45;Incarceration in America</title>
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      <description>&quot;As a state legislator, I made the mistake of thinking that locking up more people would automatically make us safer. Only when I was in prison did I realize that imprisoning so many while doing little to prepare them to return home, makes us less safe.&quot;
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      <title>Federal Bureau of Prisons to Remove Religious Works from Prison Chaplains&#8217; Libraries</title>
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      <description>Prison Fellowship&apos;s Mark Earley Available to Discuss the Dangers of Removing Faith Materials from America&apos;s Prisons</description>
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      <description>BreakPoint&apos;s Mark Earley Launches One&#45;Minute Biblical Take on Everyday Issues &amp; Invites Bloggers to In&#45;Depth Discussion</description>
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      <description>New Iowa Department of Management Study Affirms The InnerChange Freedom Initiative Reduces Recidivism, Enhances Public Safety, &amp; Cuts Corrections Costs</description>
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