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Religion and accountability for restorative offender rehabilitation

Offender rehabilitation has different meanings for different people because we may have varying expectations about what rehabilitation actually looks like. Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson walk us through the role of religion and accountability in restorative rehabilitation.
60 year old prisoner with a beard communicates with his son through glass during a visitation

Offender-led religious movements: Why we should have faith in prisoner-led reform

Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang, both from Baylor University and Pepperdine University, suggest that the solution to criminal justice reform could lie in the prisoner-led faith programmes, which provide positive, cost-efficient rehabilitation.
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The relevance of human flourishing to offender rehabilitation

Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson, both from Baylor University, turn the spotlight on the relevance of human flourishing to offender rehabilitation in Colombia and South Africa.
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The prison seminary movement and the impact of faith-based programmes

Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang share key challenges affecting America’s prison system, the prison seminary movement and the positive impact that faith-based programmes can have.
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The role of religion in offender rehabilitation and prisoner well-being

Sung Joon Jang and Byron R. Johnson discuss the influence of religion on offender rehabilitation and how it promotes prisoner well-being.

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