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For more on prison ministry, see Prison Fellowship Ministries, Bill Glass Ministries, and International Prison Ministry. More information is available about Prison Fellowship's InnerChange Freedom Initiative, including its implementation in Newton, Iowa and Houston, Texas. New Media Index has reported on Prison Fellowship's activities at the Newton Correctional Facility, while the Christian Science Monitorlooked at the ministry's work in Houston.Chuck Colson wrote about morals-based prison reform for First Things magazine in 1993. Leadership University has a posted an article on the effectiveness of Prison Fellowship programs in combatting recidivism. Texas Governor George W. Bush has embraced faith-based prison reform initiatives in the Lone Star State.For a history of Christian ministry in womens prisons, see Christian History magazines article, " Brutality Behind Bars | Women's prisons were hellish places before Elizabeth Fry started working there." For more on Elizabeth Fry, see an article in Christian Reader and ElizabethFry.net. Also see a related article at @grassroots.org, " Prison Ministries With Women."Recent Christianity Today articles on prison ministry include: Setting Captives Free | It takes more than getting a woman inmate out of jail to turn her life around (Jan. 10, 2000) Prison Alpha Helps Women Recover Their Lost Hopes (Oct. 4, 1999) Go Directly to Jail (Sept. 6, 1999) Redeeming the Prisoners | Prison ministers embrace restorative justice methods. (Mar. 1, 1999) Unique Prison Program Serves as Boot Camp for Heaven (Feb. 9, 1998) Maximum Security Unlikely Setting for Model Church

(Sept. 16, 1996)Charles Colson's earlier columns include:

• The Court's in Session (Apr. 25, 2000)
• The Ugly Side of Tolerance, March 6, 2000
• Scouts Dishonor, November 15, 1999
• What Are We Doing Here?, October 4, 1999
• How Evil Became Cool, August 9, 1999
• Does Kosovo Pass the Just-War Test?, May 24, 1999
• Why We Should Be Hopeful, April 26, 1999
• Moral Education After Monica, March 1, 1999
• The Sky Isn't Falling, January 11, 1999
• Poster Boy for Postmodernism, November 16, 1998
• Evangelicals Are Not an Interest Group, October 5, 1998
• The Devil in the DNA, August 10, 1998
• The Oxford Prophet, June 15, 1998
• Why Fidelity Matters, April 27, 1998
• Do We Love Coke More Than Justice?, March 2, 1998
• Madison Avenue's Spiritual Chic, January 12, 1998

• Colson Archives

Colsons daily radio program, Breakpoint, is also available online.

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June 12 2000, Vol. 44, No. 7