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Jail and Jesus

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Jail and Jesus The Bible is heavy on redemption, and the plight of prisoners is a recurring theme in the New Testament. With 1 in 100 American adults incarcerated, are Christians doing enough to address the root causes of this prison explosion? By Tom Krattenmaker USA Today September 9, 2009 "Jesus for President!" So proclaims a progressive Christian movement aiming to tweak the national conscience. Recent trend lines in the country suggest an even more provocative tagline for our consideration: "Jesus for Parole." That's right. Jesus is imprisoned ? at least in the view of an increasingly vocal set of Christians spurred into action by some deeply troubling truths about America and our bursting-at-the-seams prison system. The concern seems as well placed as it is challenging...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).