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Annagram: CWFA Art Show With Art by Prisoners
Meditation: A Meditation to Help You Sleep
Kids’ Video: Lessons From the Gosslings

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Monthly Teaching by Anna Cox

Anna Cox photoCompassionate Release

It is a frequent topic in the media that many in government and in the criminal justice system consider it financial prudence to rethink an emphasis on compassionate release. In the big picture, they say that it is a practice that benefits everyone. Our prison population is aging and many inmates are also dying from illness. As prisons face overcrowding, advocates of compassionate release wonder if we should be using tax dollars to provide medical care for inmates that have extremely expensive illnesses or to provide for extra care and security needed for the aged. click to continue reading

Teaching Compassion, Our Programs

We asked prisoners “If somebody had said something to you when you were between 10 and 18 years old that might have changed your life and kept you out of prison, what would that something have been?”

Inmates from around the country shared their stories and thoughts to help kids in an Arkansas juvenile detention center. Each letter was read to the boys by counselor Jeff Cox, as an opportunity for discussion and healing. These real stories inspire “Jeff’s Kids” to change their lives. Read more