Recognition in National
Publications
Caliber
Associates Research of Virginia just released their Brief #3 evaluating the pre-release and post-release effects
of the faith-based Horizon Program for the Administration on Children and Families of the US Department of Health and Human
Services.
To view
or download the report, REDISCOVERING COMPASSION: http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/policies/family.htm#incarceration
NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL
Horizon Communities in Prison is one of fifty programs featured by The National Crime Prevention Council
(www.ncpc.org) in their recently published report: Faith Community and Criminal Justice Collaboration: A Collection of Effective
Programs
Faith Community and Criminal Justice Collaboration: A Collection of Effective Programs looks at how people of
faith work with or in criminal justice institutions to reconcile, restore, and nurture individuals back into families and
communities. You'll read about people of faith serving across the entire criminal justice spectrum, from alternative programs
for juveniles to support services for newly released ex-offenders.
This 89-page book is provided in Adobe PDF format.
Horizon was selected because it promotes the value and utility of partnerships with faith-based organizations among the
criminal justice community.
FASTEN is a collaborative initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts working in partnership with Hudson
Institute's Faith in Communities Initiative, Baylor University's School of Social Work, The National Crime Prevention Council's
Center for Faith and Service, and Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. FASTEN's mission is to strengthen
and support faith-based social services, especially in distressed urban communities throughout the United States. Please visit
the FASTEN website at www.fastennetwork.org to learn more about this honor.
HORIZON OUTCOMES
2003-2005
JAMES V. ALLRED UNIT OF
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
* as reported by Assistant Warden, James Mooneyham
|
Type of
Rule Infraction
|
Total Decrease
in Institutional Adjustment Violations Horizon
at The Allred
Unit of TDCJ, Classes 1-3*
as of 5-31-06 |
|
Class of 2005
Number |
Class of 2004
Number |
Class of 2003
Number |
|
|
6
mo Prior |
During
|
As
of May 2006 |
6
Mo Prior |
During |
As
of May 2006 |
6
Mo Prior |
During |
as
of May 2006 |
|
Minor |
223 |
13 |
9 |
163 |
17 |
16 |
47 |
15 |
18 |
|
%
Reduction |
90% |
79.8% |
42.1% |
|
Major |
131 |
2 |
0 |
54 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
% Reduction |
100% |
98% |
100% |
TOTAL
DECREASE |
93% |
84.3% |
72% |
3 year Total Decrease
HORIZON OUTCOMES
DAVIS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
|
Type of Rule Infraction
|
No. of
institutional violations 1 year prior to entering Horizon 9-2003
|
No. of
violations during Horizon year ’03 /
Percent Change
Sept ’03-‘04 |
No. of
institutional violations 1 year after completion of Horizon 9-‘05 |
Total Decrease in Institutional Adjustment
Violations as of
11-05
|
|
Major
|
15 |
0
100%
decrease
|
3
100% decrease |
80% |
|
Minor
|
25 |
0
100% decrease
|
5
100% decrease |
80% |
|
TOTAL |
40 |
0
100% decrease
|
8
100% decrease |
80% |
HORIZON OUTCOMES
MARION CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, OHIO
Recidivism Data
As of June 1, 2006
Period covered 2001-2006
5 years
Total number of participants
230*
Number of Graduates
179
Number of graduates released
86** OR 48%
Parole,
expiration of sentence, or judicial release
Number of graduates returned to the state prison system
12
The graduate
recidivism rate
14%
*Non-completers
include transfers, releases, medical, court, voluntary withdrawal and removals for cause.
**Regarding the 74 released graduates that have not re-offended, 75% of them have received their final release
from parole or judicial release.
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, By Jonathan Burnside
Praises Horizon: Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice
of England and Wales (and the country's most senior judge) has endorsed the book
"My Brother's Keeper" by Jonathan Burnside, with the following high praise for Horizon. Lord Woolf writes:
"Thanks to the belief and forward thinking of those working to
improve the American prison system, a seed has created the Horizon [Communities] project. The project has proved with certainty
that by allowing faith to be nurtured within prisons, changes for the better will take place. Dr Burnside ands his coauthors
display through their case studies on prisons adopting the Horizon project how the teaching of Christianity, Judaism and Islam
as well as Native American beliefs can co-exist within the prison environment. The impact of these teachings demonstrate that
prison need not be confined to being only a space of incarceration but can be a space for living and learning."
Burnside's book "My Brother's Keeper" is now available
at www.willanpublishing.co.uk
The publishers write, "Ten years ago there were no faith-based
units in prisons outside South America. Today, they are spreading all over the world, including the United States, Europe
and the Commonwealth. My Brother's Keeper
is the first major study of a global phenomenon. Exploring the roots of faith-based units in South America it explains why
the Prison Service of England and Wales set up the first Christian-based unit in the western world in 1997 - and its rapid
expansion. It also explains how, at exactly the same time, the United States introduced Christian-based units - and why they
were complimented by interfaith and multifaith initiatives."
Its analysis of what works and what doesn't in faith-based units around the
world makes My Brother's Keeper a valuable roadmap for all who care about improving prison conditions. It presents a vision
of justice that is not just concerned with building more prisons but with rebuilding more prisoners. It argues that by making
prisons more human and punishment more humane, faith-based units can be of value - and keep faith in prisons.
Contents
Authors'preface and acknowledgements
Foreword by Sir Anthony Bottoms
Prologue: Beatitudes Behind Bars: Christianity and Imprisonment
1 The prison
that started it all
2 From Cursillo to prison: the story of Kairos
3 The rise and fall of Kairos-APAC
4 Kainos Community:
views from the inside
5 Kainos Community: views from the top
6 Kainos Community and religious freedom
7 Navigating
by the heavens: Horizon Communities
8 Preparing Evangelists: InnerChange Freedom Initiative
9 Psycho-social impact of
Kainos
10 The impact of Kainos and Christian-based units on recidivism
11 Keeping faith in prison: the promise of faith-based
units
Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council
A Project of the Council of State Governments, partnering
with:
American Probation & Parole Assn.
Association of State Correctional Administrators
Corporation for Supportive Housing
Nat'l Assn. of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
Nat'l Assn. of Workforce Boards
Nat'l Assn. of State Mental Health Program Directors
Nat'l Assn of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors
Natioal Center for State Courts
Police Executive Research Forum
Urban Institute
Policy Recommendation 14: Behaviors and Attitudes, Strategy C. Provide inmates with services that address
their need for basic life skills, including relationship skills. Example: KAIROS HORIZON COMMUNITIES IN PRISONS
National Institute of Corrections
www.nic.org/Library/020425
Guide to Resources on Faith-Based Organizations in Criminal Justice - Final
Report
"Corrections and REhabilitation: Interfaith Prison Dorms"
Re-Entry National Media Campaign
Strategic Partners:
The Urban Institute, Council of State Governments, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
"Outside The Walls: A National Snapshot of Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Programs
Sample Programs - Faith: HORIZON COMMUNITIES IN PRISONS "
The Finance Project: Welfare Information Network
Resources for Welfare Decisions: "Marriage and Family Strenghening for Incarcerated Individuals"
Sample Programs: Kairos Horizon Communities in 5 states
Caliber Associates
"Development of a Guide to Resources on Faith Based Organizations in Criminal Justice" HORIZON
COMMUNITIES CORP is one of the three organizations profiled.
National Conference of State Legislators
"State Legislators Magazine" June 2002
"Working with Service Groups" Horizon is referenced in detail at Tomoka C.I.
Horizon Interfaith Dorm at
Marion Correctional Institution, Ohio wins American Correctional Association Chaplains Award for Inovative Program of the
Year
Commissioner Reginald Wilkinson of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Jeff
Hunsaker, Horizon program manager, Clifford Smith, Deputy Warden, Programs, Marion Correctional Institution and Chaplain
Paul Rogers, President of the American Correctional Chaplains Association, celebrate selection of the Horizon Interfaith
program for this first annual award.
Governor Jeb Bush of Florida chose the Horizon Faith Based program at Tomoka
Correctional Institution to provide the first recipients of educational assistance awards under Florida's Children of Prisoners;
Children of Promise Program. Each recipient signs a contract to stay in school, seek help from a tutor when needed and to
meet regularly with a volunteer mentor. Each recipient receives a promise that if he or she graduates high school
with acceptable grades, a full scholarship will be provided to any state owned college or university.
This is a program that will make a difference. Horizon is pleased to participate
in even a small way.
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