Prison Fellowship Urges Congress To Fully Fund Federal Prisons, Strengthen Public Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prison Fellowship , the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families, and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform, joined a coalition urging Congress in a joint letter to fully fund the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the level requested in the administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal. The funding will help address longstanding staffing shortages that threaten safety and rehabilitative programming.