FREEDOM FROM THE
BONDAGE OF SELF
About Jeff Grant, JD, M Div, Co-Founder
From serving time to time serving
Jeff Grant is a leader, expert and speaker in personal crisis management, criminal justice/prisoner reentry, recovery from opioid and substance abuse, leading a successful life with bipolar disorder/mental illness, spirituality/interfaith religion and his own riches-to-rags-to-redemption story. After addiction to prescription opioids and serving almost 14 months in a Federal prison for a white-collar crime he committed when he was a lawyer, Jeff started his own reentry – earning a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Jeff is the first person in the United States formerly incarcerated for a white-collar crime to be appointed as Executive Director of a major criminal justice nonprofit.
About Lynn Springer, Co-Founder
Faith in action
Lynn is called to this ministry with a heart of compassion and understanding. As the innocent spouse of someone who was incarcerated for a white-collar crime, and a mother, she has assisted many women and families in finding ethical ways through faith and practical solutions to a new, sturdy, healthy way of life.
Upcoming/Recent Events
Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Fri., July 6, 2018 with Guests Bill Carbone & Erika Nowakowski of the Tow Youth Justice Institute
Bill Carbone & Erika Nowakowski of the University of New Haven Tow Youth Justice Institute on Criminal Justice Insider Radio with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant. WNHH 103.5 FM New Haven, Live-streaming Everywhere. Friday, July 6th, 9 am _____________ Please join us...
Family ReEntry Serves as CT Partner for Nigerian Musician/Prison Reformer Lamboginny’s Concert in Weston, June 9, 2018
Bridgeport, CT – (May 26, 2018) – Lamboginny, Nigerian recording artist and prison reformer, is slated to perform for the first time in the United States, as the headliner for a benefit concert in Weston, CT. Jeff Grant, Executive Director of Bridgeport-based Family...
Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Fri., June 15, 2018 with Guest James Forman, Jr., Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Please join us on Friday, June 15th, 9 am, when Yale Law School Professor James Forman, Jr., Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his book "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America," will be our guest on Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls Ivy &...
Video: Jeff was Interviewed on the Stan Simpson Show, Fox 61, Saturday, June 9, 2018
Jeff was interviewed by Stan Simpson on his Fox 61 Hartford Connecticut news program. Saturday, June 9, 2018, "Voice for reformed white collar criminals shares his story/advocacy for that constituency." Link to video of show...
Presentation: We will be Speaking at the Rotary Club of Westport, Tues., June, 12, 2018, noon
We will be speaking at the Rotary Club of Westport, Connecticut on Tuesday, June 12th at noon. The meeting will be held at Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Branson Hall, 55 Myrtle Avenue, Westport, CT 06880. More information at...
Event/Award: Family ReEntry’s Hodges To Receive Top Community Impact Award, Fri., May 4, 2018
Bridgeport, CT - (April 27, 2018) - Family ReEntry, Inc. proudly announces that Fred Hodges, Family ReEntry’s Director of Community Affairs, will receive the 2018 Urdang-Torres Community Impact Award at the Annual Bridgeport Reentry Collaborative Ceremony, held on...
Recent Blog Posts
New Haven Independent: Lawlor Sees Progress On Reform
Mike Lawlor has three goals for criminal justice reform in Connecticut: Reduce crime. Reduce spending. And restore the public’s confidence in the system. From his vantage point as a professional criminal justice reformer, Connecticut is well on its way to achieving...
WNPR: Family ReEntry’s Fred Hodges Speaks about Connecticut Closing Prisons but Offering Fewer Community Services to Former Inmates
Connecticut Closing Prisons But Offering Fewer Community Services To Former Inmates Reprinted from WNPR, June 1, 2018 As Connecticut sees fewer people behind bars and a drop in crime rates, officials say there’s some concern over the lack of services for those...
Interview: Jeff Grant Discusses Navigating Life with Bipolar Disorder with Filmmaker Alex Silver, May 26, 2018.
Jeff Grant Discusses Navigating Life with Bipolar Disorder with Filmmaker Alex Silver, May 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip2OAzu8CDY&feature=youtu.be
Article: We were Featured in Institutional Investor, “Better Call Larry.” May 23, 2018
Better Call Larry If your high-priced lawyers couldn’t keep you out of prison, some ex-cons say they can help you navigate what comes next. by Amanda Cantrell, Reprinted from Institutional Investor, May 23, 2018 With his omnipresent dark glasses, bald head, and...
Article: We were Featured in Institutional Investor, “Surviving Prison as a Wall Street Convict: The Inside Story of Life Inside.” May 23, 2018
Surviving Prison as a Wall Street Convict: The Inside Story of Life Inside By Amanda Cantrell: Reprinted from Institutional Investor, May 23, 2018 On a sunny afternoon in May, about a dozen inmates at Otisville prison camp played handball. Adjacent to the court was a...
Blog: When Men Cry, by Steve Bonenberger – Member of Our White-Collar Support Group
When Men Cry... By Steve Bonenberger - Guest Blogger & Member of Our White-Collar Support Group The Movement of Tears: Or, the Moment Relief Finds You. There is this moment. There is this second. There is this snap of time when tears just explode into your life. ...
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