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Gospel-powered prison reform.

In a rare reminder that sometimes helping people can be more important than maintaining party lines,

President Trump joined with members on both sides of the aisle in Congress this week

to announce that he will support a bipartisan prison reform bill.

It might reach his desk as soon as next month. The bill will roll back certain elements of

existing crime laws with regards to issues like minimum sentencing for nonviolent crimes.

President Trump stated that it was his, and I quote, honor to be involved,

and it'll be even a greater honor to sign, end quote, the new law. As Jay Ron Smith, the president's

domestic policy advisor, said of the bill, and I quote, what we're doing here is finding a better way to be smart on

crime. We want prison to serve as a place to lock up people who are the most detrimental to

society, end quote. But what about those prisoners who will be relatively unaffected by the new

legislation? There's encouraging news for them as well. who will be relatively unaffected by the new legislation.

There's encouraging news for them as well.

As Yonat Shimran writes for the Religion News Service,

seminaries across the country are increasingly partnering with prisons to help inmates get bachelor's degrees in subjects like pastoral ministry and biblical studies.

The goal is to train inmates to become field ministers who can serve as counselors for other inmates,

lead prayers, assist prison chaplains, and generally serve as a calming influence in prison yards. To that end,

applicants must be felons serving minimum 15-year sentences with a high school diploma or GED

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