Church and state can join hands to prevent crime and reform criminals.

Critics say the new standards, which take effect April 4, do not require any enforcement mechanism.

Danny Pye has been jailed for five months without charges.

Christian leaders had drawn attention to his case after he had been sentenced to death.

The 2000 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act takes shape.

Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad and Maryam Rustampoor were imprisoned for 259 days after converting to Christianity.

A growing number of prison churches offer community for convicts.

Missionaries' imprisonment shows the security risks of support e-mails.

In one Michigan institution, it's a real congregation — not just a ministry.

Prison Fellowship founder says he doesn't want a pardon, but the Presidential Citizen Medal means a lot.

Catherine Rohr's program redirects prisoners' entrepreneurial savvy.

What would Jesus do at Abu Ghraib?

Because of his beliefs, Knox suffered this punishment for 19 months. What was it like?

Why are the candidates ignoring the huge problem under our noses?

InnerChange ministry shuts down in Iowa after funding battle.

698,000 inmates were released from prison in the last 12 months. Most will be behind bars again by 2009. How can we keep more from returning?

U.S. prisons cull hundreds of religious books from libraries.