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Criminal Justice Reform

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Vander Hart: Six Ideas for Criminal Justice Reform

Shane Vander Hart offers six ideas to consider for criminal justice reform to address mass incarceration while respecting the Bill of Rights.

Prison Fellowship Applauds President Trump Signing the FIRST STEP ACT

Prison Fellowship thanks President Donald Trump for signing the FIRST STEP Act, landmark federal criminal justice reform legislation, into law.
  • December 21, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Passing First Step Act Is The Right Thing to Do

Shane Vander Hart: The First Step Act provides prisoners an opportunity for restoration, for rehabilitation, and a successful re-entry back into the community.

Why I Support The First Step Act

Chuck Grassley: Society has a vested interest to help released inmates return to their families, parent their children, join the workforce and pay taxes.

Branstad’s Uninspiring 2016 Condition of the State Address

Shane Vander Hart: Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s 2016 Condition of the State address lived up to expectations. It was milquetoast and uninspiring.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s 2016 Condition of the State Address

Read the transcript of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s 2016 Condition of the State address given before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature on 1/12/16.

Grassley Leads Bipartisan Sentencing Reform

A bipartisan group of senators led by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Thursday introduced comprehensive legislation aimed at sentencing reform.