Riverside House
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Riverside House was the recipient of the 2007 Impact Ministry Award
from former local Miami Christian Radio Station 89.7 Spirit FM.
Since 1972 Riverside House has reached thousands of ex-offenders through its Pastoral
Care program’s weekly chapel services; bible studies;
individual/group/marriage and family biblical counseling; prison outreach; and inner-city activities.
Read an interesting Miami Herald article about Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office prosecutor, Kionne McGhee, and his passion for second chances to offenders. It’s exciting to read about others whose zeal is synonymous with our organization’s mission and vision to provide second chances to those less fortunate.
A recent Miami Herald article discusses Florida’s tough sentencing policies and recommendations for change by Florida TaxWatch, an unrelenting champion of fiscal conservatism in state government. Will Florida follow behind famously tough-minded states who have decided that warehousing low-level criminals was at once ineffective and very expensive? Will the dire need for support and an increase of investment in halfway houses, work release programs and other innovations for non-violent offenders be recognized and championed ?
Miami-born Ralph Martin’s story is hardly a fairy tale. In fact, one of the article’s unfortunate truths - that citizens convicted of crimes continue to be punished even after they have “paid their debt” to society - reminds us that while progress has been made with re-entry initiatives, the road is still long. Click here to read more of Ralph Martin’s near impossible rise to success amid life’s challenges and trials…
