Back in the late 1960s we had some well-intentioned but soft-headed policies on prison reform that had failed miserably. Then the popular idea became to lock them up and throw away the key. For anyone who bothered to pay attention, it was obvious there had to be a better way.
Prison Fellowship found a way. I began working with them: the first [faith-based prison ministry] was operated in Winfield, Kansas, and later moved to Ellsworth, Kansas. The system is modeled on the successful program that Prison Fellowship established in Sugarland, Texas, when George W. Bush was governor. It had a recidivism rate of less than 10%.
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The above quotations are from From Power to Purpose: A Remarkable Journey of Faith and Compassion, by Sam Brownback. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of George W. Bush. Click here for George W. Bush on all issues.
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