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Since assuming office, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has shown little interest in expanding the efforts of his predecessors in curbing policies that criminal justice reform advocates blame for America\u2019s high rates of mass incarceration. Instead, he\u2019s doubled down, recently instructing federal prosecutors to pursue the harshest penalties for drug dealers and gun violence offenders. (Read his memo.) Sessions\u2019 intentions are discouraging news for those who have long pressed for reform, a group which includes Chuck Colson\u2019s Prison Fellowship. They also present an opportunity for Christians to speak into America\u2019s anti-drug policy, one of the \u201cbiggest catastrophic failures in American history, says Craig DeRoche, Prison Fellowship\u2019s senior vice president of advocacy and public policy. Christians ought to get \u201cinvolved because our values are are at stake and a lot of human lives that God cares about...are at stake,\u201d said DeRoche. \u201cThis is an invitation for Christians to engage.\u201d DeRoche joined assistant editor Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss the good intentions behind mandatory minimums, what the Old Testament has to say to our current legal climate, and how Prison Fellowship ended up partnering with the NAACP and ACLU to support previously incarcerated people.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices