CBS to Air Interfaith Special CRIME, PUNISHMENT & REDEMPTION, 10/5

September 5
11:57

CRIME, PUNISHMENT & REDEMPTION, a CBS Interfaith Special, looks at how the faith community is helping returning citizens and their family members put their lives back together after incarceration. This special broadcast will be on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, Oct. 5 (check local listings).

The Green Reentry project was created in 2010 by the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) based in the South Side of Chicago. Green Reentry converts foreclosed homes into green, environmentally sound transitional housing for the formerly incarcerated who are reentering society. The renovation of these homes provides on-the-job training and a living wage to these individuals while fostering a sense of good will through community improvement.

Founded in 1997, IMAN is a Chicago-based community organization working for social change by addressing the symptoms of violence, poverty and urban decay. Among the interviews is IMAN Executive Director Rami Nashashibi, who speaks about why this program is vital to the rehabilitation of the neighborhood and the men who are returning from prison. Also interviewed is one of IMAN's founding members, Rafi Peterson, who says "one of the major goals was to show society that we can go from being a liability to an asset."

The program features Rev. David T. Link, a lawyer turned Roman Catholic priest who is a volunteer chaplain in the Indiana state prison system. His story was the focus of recently published biography entitled Camerado, I Give You My Hand by Maura Poston Zagrans. We hear from Father Link about his journey from husband, lawyer and father to widowed Catholic priest, as well as about the need for prison reform. While writing the book, Zagrans shadowed Father Link during his prison visits for three years, and she discusses what she learned and why she's become an advocate for reform.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/CBS-to-Air-Interfaith-Special-CRIME-PUNISHMENT-REDEMPTION-105-20140905