We meet every Monday.

We are a community of individuals, families and groups with white collar justice issues who have a desire to take responsibility for our actions and the wreckage we caused, make amends, and move forward in new way of life centered on hope, care, compassion, tolerance and empathy. Our experience shows us that many of us are suffering in silence with shame, remorse, and deep regret. Many of us have been stigmatized by our own families, friends and communities, and the business community. Our goal is to learn and evolve into a new spiritual way of life and to reach out in service to others. Over 600 Fellow Travelers have participated in our support group meetings.

Thank you for referring justice-impacted people and families: info@prisonist.org. 

For press/media inquiries: press@grantlaw.com. 

IMPORTANT!: If you are currently on supervised release, probation or parole, it is important that you first discuss this with your P.O. To assist in this regard, information about our ministry is available on prisonist.org.

Link for details, invitation or to make referrals...

Also, White Collar Week Podcast: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group. 16 support group members share their stories. Link here.

We are honored to have Christopher Poulos as the April speaker in our White Collar Support Group Tuesday Speaker Series.



Link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu6tqDwjGN2CYtITEnsmxxQUMkblRpX7

Information about our White Collar Support Group: http://prisonist.org

Following an extensive, nationwide recruitment effort, Christopher Poulos was appointed the Executive Director of the Center for Justice and Human Dignity (CJHD), effective February 1, 2023. Chris is an attorney and former senior government executive who brings a wealth of personal and professional passion and expertise to this pivotal role. His path led him from trauma, addiction, and incarceration to graduating from college and law school and serving at both the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and The Sentencing Project.

After attaining licensure in state and federal court, Chris served as Executive Director of the Washington Statewide Reentry Council and, most recently, as Director of Person-Centered Services at the Washington State Department of Corrections. His position at the Washington State Department of Corrections was unique in that it was the first of its kind and the first time a formerly incarcerated person has held a senior executive role in a state department of corrections.

Chris’s work and personal story have been featured on The Today Show and in The Guardian, The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News, The Hill, Crosscut, The Epoch Times and The Harvard Law and Policy Review. Chris was selected as one of Portland Magazine’s “Most Intriguing People” and as “Law Student of the Year” by National Jurist Magazine.

We are honored to have Margaret Love as the May speaker in our White Collar Support Group Tuesday Speaker Series.

Link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tduGhpjsoEtJz9Z7UwfTL_Knsv8odKQq6

Information about our White Collar Support Group: http://prisonist.org

Margaret Love specializes in executive clemency and restoration of rights, sentencing and corrections policy, and legal and government ethics. She has written and lectured widely on pardon policy and practice, and on the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, and is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on clemency and related relief issues.

Ms. Love served as U.S. Pardon Attorney between 1990 and 1997, and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Collateral Consequences Resource Center, a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by the legal restrictions and societal stigma that burden people with a criminal record long after their criminal case is closed.

Since leaving public office, she has successfully represented numerous individuals with federal convictions in the clemency process. She also advises individuals with state convictions who are interested in avoiding or mitigating the collateral consequences of conviction.

Ms. Love also represents clients seeking other types of clemency, including reduction (commutation) of a prison sentence. With the abolition of parole for federal sentences imposed after 1987, commutation is virtually the only way to reduce a prison term.

To reach Margaret Love: pardonlaw.com, margaretlove@pardonlaw.com

"Jeff lost his money, house, law practice, law license and even his freedom when he hit rock bottom after more than a decade of prescription opioid addiction. But his road to recovery led to a path filled with redemption and a future he could never have imagined..."

Listen to podcast here...

Legal Action Center is turning 50 and celebrating half a century fighting discrimination, building health equity, and restoring opportunity for individuals and families impacted by the criminal legal system, addiction and/or HIV/AIDS. We hope you’ll join us as we build upon our many accomplishments over the past five decades and work to ensure another 50 years of impact building a healthier, more equitable, and just nation for all.

"I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors of the Legal Action Center." - Jeff

Watch the Video:

1.  White Collar Week Mar. ’23 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3KXjfIA

2.  WCSG Slack Chat Group: You are invited to join our Slack chat group for 24/7 support. To request link to join: info@prisonist.org.

3.  Career Information Slack Channel: We are dedicated to helping our members to find career opportunities and acquire soft-skills and other training to be successful. All new job listings are posted in real time in the Career Information channel of our WCSG Slack Chat Group. We encourage all members to post on Slack any information you might discover. 

4.  Early Release/ First Step Act/ CARES Act Slack Channel: We have a WCSG Slack Chat Group channel dedicated to sharing early release information.

5. Fellow Travelers in Prison: If you would like to send letters and/or books from a major bookseller (e.g. Amazon, Barnes & Noble) to Fellow Travelers currently in prison, we now have a Slack Channel with updated contact information.

6.  Family Support Group: Sponsored by Evolution Reentry, Hosted by Bill Livolsi, Online on Zoom, Thursdays, 7 pm ET: https://prisonist.org/family-support-group-sponsored-by-evolution-reentry-online-on-zoom-thursdays-7-pm-et-starting-feb-3-2022/

7.  Spiritual Urgent Care, Online on Zoom, Thursdays, 9:30 am ET, 6:30 am PT: Please join us for a 1/2 hour midweek check in. Open to friends and family members too: https://zoom.us/j/397962564

8. Podcast: Jeff Grant was Interviewed on the Justice Impacted Podcast with Kristine Bunch , Mar. 10, 2023: https://prisonist.org/podcast-jeff-grant-was-interviewed-on-the-justice-impacted-podcast-with-kristine-bunch-from-tribulation-to-triumph-march-10-2023/

9. YouTube Video: White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series - Elizabeth Kelley, Criminal Defense Attorney for People with Mental Health Disabilities, Jan. 10, 2023: https://www.grantlaw.com/white-collar-week-tuesday-speaker-series-elizabeth-kelley-criminal-defense-attorney-for-people-with-mental-health-disabilities-on-zoom-tues-jan-10-2023-7-pm-et-4-pm-pt/

10. YouTube Video: We Presented at the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Fall Conference, Fri., Nov. 18, 2022, Washington, DC: https://prisonist.org/panel-prosecuted-lawyers-perspectives-on-white-collar-nonviolent-prosecution-and-reentry-aba-criminal-justice-conference-washington-dc-nov-18-2022/

11.YouTube Video: White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Jim Campbell, Author of "Madoff Talks" The book that Inspired the Netflix Documentary "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street":

Feb. 21, 2023, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. To register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvfu2hqjMjHNMjfclZp-uhL4P9y-l_tNaE

12.YouTube Video: White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Scott Semple, Former Connecticut Commissioner of Correction:

Mar. 21, 2023: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-week-tuesday-speaker-series-white-collar-week-tuesday-speaker-series-scott-semple-former-connecticut-commissioner-of-correction-on-zoom-march-21-2023/

13.White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Christopher Poulos, Executive Director, Center for Justice and Human Dignity: Apr. 18, 2023, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. To register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu6tqDwjGN2CYtITEnsmxxQUMkblRpX7

14.White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Margaret Love, Former U.S. Pardon Attorney & Executive Director, Collateral Consequesnces Resource Center: May 2, 2023, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. To register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tduGhpjsoEtJz9Z7UwfTL_Knsv8odKQq6

15.Justice Impacted Podcast: Fellow Traveler Richard McDonald interviewed our Monday night speaker Kristine Bunch, Feb. 10, 2023: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/0de7999c-c3a2-4f0a-9986-425b3713b5f9

16.Interrogating Justice: The Subtle Radical Reforms of Attorney General Merrick Garland, by Fellow Traveler Fred Aaron: March 13, 2023: https://prisonist.org/interrogating-justice-the-subtle-radical-reforms-of-attorney-general-merrick-garland-by-fellow-traveler-fred-aaron/

17.350th Meeting Reflection: “I Cannot Imagine Going Through This Journey Alone”, by Fellow Traveler Bill Livolsi: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-im-more-than-a-number-and-it-took-going-to-prison-to-understand-that-by-fellow-traveler-bill-livolsi/

18.350th Meeting Reflection: “I’m More Than a Number, and It Took Going to Prison To Understand That”, by Fellow Traveler Craig Stanland: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-im-more-than-a-number-and-it-took-going-to-prison-to-understand-that-by-fellow-traveler-craig-stanland/

19.350th Meeting Reflection: “The Wrong End of the Looking Glass”, by Fellow Traveler Jeff Krantz: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-the-wrong-end-of-the-looking-glass-by-fellow-traveler-jeff-krantz/

20.350th Meeting Reflection: “Paying it Forward While Paying it Back”, by Fellow Traveler Fred Aaron: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-paying-it-forward-while-paying-it-back-by-fellow-traveler-fred-aaron/

21.350th Meeting Reflection: “The Emotional Roller Coaster of Self-Discovery into Service”, by Fellow Traveler Ally Brown: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-the-emotional-roller-coaster-of-self-discovery-into-service-by-ally-brown/

22.350th Meeting Reflection: “Phase to Phase”, by Fellow Traveler Aillyn Aulov: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-phase-to-phase-by-fellow-traveler-aillyn-aulov/

23.350th Meeting Reflection: “A Guide for People Reporting to Prison”, by Fellow Traveler John DiMenna: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-a-guide-for-people-reporting-to-prison-by-fellow-traveler-john-dimenna/

24.350th Meeting Reflection: “Faith and Caution”, by Fellow Traveler Richard L.: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-the-lost-decade-by-fellow-traveler-richard-l/

25. Entrepreneur: I Went to Prison for SBA Loan Fraud – 7 Things to Know When Taking Disaster Relief Money: by Fellow Traveler Jeff Grant: https://www.grantlaw.com/hurricane-ian-fraud-alert-entrepreneur-article-redux-i-went-to-prison-for-sba-loan-fraud-7-things-to-know-when-taking-covid-19-relief-money-by-jeff-grant-j-d-m-div/

26. Entrepreneur: 9 Things to Know when Hiring a White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney, by Fellow Traveler Jeff Grant: https://www.grantlaw.com/entrepreneur-9-things-to-know-when-hiring-a-white-collar-criminal-defense-lawyer-by-jeff-grant-esq/

27. Donations: Thank you for your generosity in supporting Progressive Prison Ministries and our White Collar Support Group. Please make your check payable to "Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.," a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and send to our mailing address: P.O. Box 1, Woodbury, CT 06798. Or, please make your online donation here: http://bit.ly/donate35T9kMZ. All donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Rev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. (he, him, his) 

Co-founder, Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.

Greenwich CT & Nationwide

Mailing: P.O. Box 1, Woodbury, CT 06798

Website: prisonist.org

Email: info@prisonist.org

Office: 212-859-3512

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