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Latest faith-based executive order briefly mentions prisoner re-entry

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this CNN piece, President Barack Obama issued this executive order today to rename and rework the White House's faith-based office.  I was heartened to see the order included this little shout-out (highlighted by me below) for faith-based re-entry programming in the "policy" section of the executive order: Faith-based and other neighborhood organizations are vital to our Nation's ability to address the needs of low-income and other underserved persons and communities. The American people are key drivers of fundamental change in our country, and few institutions are closer to the people than our faith-based and other neighborhood organizations. It is critical that the Federal Government strengthen the ability of such organizations and other nonprofit providers in our neighborhoods to deliver services effectively in partnership with Federal, State, and local governments and with other private organizations, while preserving our fundamental constitutional commitments guaranteeing the equal protection of the laws and the free exercise of religion and forbidding the establishment of religion...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).