We were prominently mentioned in this article about our friend Chip Skowron. Please feel free to email your thoughts and comments to me at jgrant@prisonist.org. “Jeff Grant, the lawyer turned minister who counseled Skowron before he entered prison, [is co-founder of Progressive Prison Ministries (prisonist.org), the world’s first ministry supporting the white collar criminal justice/economy…
In light of recent prosecutions against some unscrupulous prison consultants, I researched my files and found this letter I sent to the prison consultant that I had hired when I was at my most scared and vulnerable. I never heard from him again and never received the return of the money I had paid him…
Jay is a member of our Confidential Online White Collar/Nonviolent Support Group, the first in the nation. It meets weekly on Monday evenings. It is offered free of charge to our community. Our 146th meeting will be held on Monday, March 25, 2019. If you, a friend, family member, colleague or client have a white…
Photo: Jack Donson Reprinted from Various Sources, by Dave Collins, Associated Press, March 11, 2019 It’s a tip that has been passed onto convicts for years: On your way to federal prison, say you have a substance abuse problem, and you could qualify for a treatment program that knocks up to a year off your…
Reprinted from Forbes.com, Jan. 28, 2019 The prison consulting business has been plagued by gimmicks and false promises. Now a federal indictment in Connecticut could blow the lid off of a number of scammers that have taken advantage of defendants and their families. US Attorneys in Connecticut have indicted three people who worked at RDAP…
White-Collar Online Support Group Celebrates 100th Meeting Greenwich, CT – (March 23, 2018) – Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc. proudly announces that the 100th weekly meeting of its national online White Collar/Nonviolent Support Group will be held on Monday, April 16th at 7 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific. It is…
Please join us on March 17, 2018 at 7:06 am as Jeff Grant, Executive Director of Family ReEntry and Co-founder of Progressive Prison Ministries, is interviewed by Greg Little on the morning news. WQUN AM 1220 Hamden or live-streamed here.
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Michael Santos, Shon Hopwood and Justin Paperny are the co-founders of Prison Professors, a prison consulting organization based in California and Washington, DC. Among other things, they interview criminal justice leaders and people who have been affected by white-collar and other prosecutions. I was interviewed by Michael a couple of weeks ago, links to the…
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|||” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The Nantucket Project — Jeff Grant is a minister, activist, social ethicist and author. As Director of the Progressive Prison Project in Greenwich, and Assoc. Minister/Director of Prison Ministries of the First Baptist…