Illinois jail education program: One step in reforming incarceration?
Quick Read By Maisie Sparks Correspondent Jia Johnson calls herself an abolitionist. As director of the Solidarity Building Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary, she helps bring a liberative higher education program to those incarcerated at an Illinois county jail. One student earned a certificate in theological studies. “Another student,” she explains, “reflected on how he saw the kingdom of God break into his daily life at the jail, creating empathy that showed up as helping a cell mate who was ill.” Why We Wrote This Jia Johnson has seen firsthand the hardship of i...
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