Articles
Entrepreneur: 9 Things to Know when Hiring a White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer, by Jeff Grant, Esq.
Hiring a defense attorney is a monumental task, and most are monumentally unprepared for the effort. _________________________ By Jeff Grant, Reprinted from entrepreneur.com, Sept. 7. 2021 Hiring a white-collar defense lawyer is a monumental task — and one that most...
Entrepreneur: 3 Important Takeaways for Hiring Job-Seekers with Criminal Records, by Jeff Grant, Esq.
Jeff Grant is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets online on Zoom on Monday evenings. _________________________ Dear Friends, I am pleased to share with you that an article that I authored titled 3 Important Takeaways for Hiring Job-Seekers with...
Corporate Crime Reporter: Jeff Grant on Religious Ethics Versus Business Ethics
Jeff Grant is a white-collar defense attorney in Manhattan. Jeff Grant And he has an unusual back story. More than twenty years ago, Grant lost his law license for dipping into client funds. He became addicted to prescription opioids and tried to kill himself. And he...
Bloomberg Law: Lawyers, Watch Out for These Five Signs of Addiction, by Jeff Grant
Reprinted from Bloomberg.com, Oct. 26, 2021 An attorney who is in recovery from addiction to alcohol and opiates relates five warning signs of addiction for other lawyers. Jeff Grant, who was disbarred but recently regained his license, discusses what to look for in...
Entrepreneur: 9 Things to Know when Hiring a White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer, by Jeff Grant, Esq., Sept. 7, 2021
Hiring a defense attorney is a monumental task, and most are monumentally unprepared for the effort. _________________________ By Jeff Grant, Reprinted from entrepreneur.com, Sept. 7. 2021 Hiring a white-collar defense lawyer is a monumental task — and one that most...
The New Yorker: The Big House: Life After White Collar Crime, by Evan Osnos. Our White Collar Support Group is Featured in this Article, Aug. 30, 2021 Issue
Reprinted from The New Yorker, August 30, 2021 issue. In the nineties, Jeff Grant had a law firm in Westchester County, a seat on the local school board, and an owner ship stake in a bistro called, if you’ll for give the irony, the Good Life. He was in his early...
Business Insider: How a Lawyer Who Went to Prison for 9/11-related Fraud got his Law License Back and Became an Ordained Minister Along the Way, by Peter Coutu, July 27, 2021
By Peter Coutu. Reprinted from BusinessInsider.com, July 27, 2021 After nearly two decades without practicing, Jeff Grant got his law license back this May. He served over a year in prison for lying about office space to get federal relief money after 9/11. He then...
Reuters: Jeff Grant ‘Let Go of the Outcome’: How this Felon Beat Addiction and Won Back his Law License
By Jenna Greene, Reprinted from Reuters.com, May 21, 2021 When lawyers through greed or hubris or desperation become white-collar criminals - sent to prison and disbarred - their stories often feel like car crashes. We gape at the wreckage of their lives and move on....
Vanity Fair: A Hedge Fund Ex-Con Finds It’s Hard Coming Home to Greenwich
We were prominently mentioned in this article about our friend Chip Skowron. Please feel free to email your thoughts and comments to me at jgrant@prisonist.org. "Jeff Grant, the lawyer turned minister who counseled Skowron before he entered prison, [is co-founder of...
The Rich Roll Podcast: The Awakening Of Jeff Grant: From Addiction & Incarceration To Prison Ministry
Reprinted from The Rich Roll Podcast, May 9, 2019, Episode 440 Our White Collar/Nonviolent Online Support Group meets Mondays, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. Details at prisonist.org. From Rich Roll: An epidemic of colossal proportions, millions struggle with substance...
Video: Jeff Grant: Opioid Addiction to Prison to White Collar Prison Ministry
Opioid Addiction to Prison for a White Collar Crime to Divinity School to Co-Founding the World’s First Ministry Created to Support Individuals, Families & Organizations with White Collar/Nonviolent Incarceration Issues (short video)....
Prisonist.org Holiday Appeal
Dear Friends, With the holiday season upon us, Lynn and I have been reflecting on the blessing we have been given of having each one of you in our lives. Together, we have risen from the ashes of loneliness and despair to form a great new community that is still in...
Sermon: The Crush of Our Time, St. George’s Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA
St. George's Episcopal Church Arlington, Virginia Sunday, February 18, 2018 Rev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. - Guest Preacher Sermon: "The Crush of Our Time" "It was a privilege and a joy to make arrangements to have Jeff Grant come and visit as our special guest...
Article: Rev. Jeff Grant, Ordained Minister, Appointed as Woodbury Fire Department Staff Chaplain
Reprinted from Waterbury Republican American, Nov. 14, 2018 WOODBURY – An ordained minister has joined the ranks of the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department as the company’s staff chaplain who will bring spiritual support and guidance to emergency responders, department...
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, “Michael Cohen’s New Home,” Dec. 13, 2018
By Amanda Cantrell: Reprinted from Institutional Investor, Dec.13, 2018 On a sunny afternoon in May, about a dozen inmates at Otisville prison camp played handball. Adjacent to the court was a low-slung, drably painted housing unit. No perimeter fence or barbed wire...
THE REDEMPTION OF JEFF GRANT – BY TIMOTHY DUMAS, GREENWICH MAGAZINE – MARCH 2018
His life was defined by GARISH GRANDIOSITY, OPIOID ADDICTION and FINANCIAL FRAUD. HE ENDED UP IN PRISON. And then THE JOURNEY BEGANReprinted from Greenwich Magazine, March 2018 issue THE LAST BAD DECISION SLIPPED OUT OF HIM AS EASILY AS WATER OVER A FALLS. He’d filled...
Greenwich Country Capitalist: The Art of Surviving Prison, by Jeff Grant
The Art of Surviving Prison, by Jeff Grant This article appeared in Greenwich Country Capitalist Issue #52 and all of Weston Magazine Group’s fourteen titles in Connecticut, NYC, the Hamptons, Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester. I THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY – one of the...
Forbes: Starting a Discussion on White Collar Crime & Recovery, by Walt Pavlo
Reprinted from Forbes.com "I met Jeff Grant in New York's Grand Central Station this month to talk about this issue. Grant, a convicted white collar felon, who after prison earned a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in NYC, and is now Baptist...
NY Magazine: How to Survive in Prison As a Hedge-Fund Millionaire, By Kevin Roose
Reprinted from New York Magazine Life is tough for hedge-fund managers who go to prison for insider trading. There are no Bloomberg terminals, the food is terrible, and you have to associate with petty car thieves and drug dealers in the yard. But there are some...
Weston Forum: Former White-Collar Criminal Turns Focus to Spirituality and Helping Others, by Gregory Menti – Reporter
Reprinted from The Weston Forum, May 12, 2016 Spirituality wasn’t always a word in Jeff Grant’s lexicon, but after a near 14-month stint in prison for committing a white-collar crime, Grant isn’t just practicing spirituality, he’s preaching it. In 2012, Grant and his...
We were Featured on Inc.com, Feb. 22, 2016
Inc.: What Successful Entrepreneurs and Successful Criminals Have in Common, By Tim Askew The distance between the criminal and the successful entrepreneur is not so very far. ____________________ I found this line in a recent John Grisham bestseller. "Prisons are...
Forbes: A New Class Of White-Collar Victims: The Family, by Walter Pavlo
Reverend Jeff Grant wrote a powerful post on his blog, Prisonist.org, announcing that the Progressive Prison Project/Innocent Spouse & Children Project in Greenwich, CT, for the first time in United States history, obtained a recovery from a U.S. Receiver for an...
Business Insider: This is what it’s like when the 1% go to jail, according to a couple that ministers to their families, by Rachael Levy
Shame. Ostracism. A shift to food stamps. This is a harsh reality for the families of white-collar criminals — hedge fund managers convicted of insider trading, or bankers nabbed for embezzlement. Sure, these are some of the world's most privileged people, and...
WTNH News 8 New Haven: “Family ReEntry” feeling sting of state budget stalemate By Mark Davis, News 8 Chief Capitol Correspondent
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The state budget stand off in Hartford is now taking a toll on programs to help those residents coming out of prison. We told you earlier in the week about non-profit agencies that help the disabled who are feeling the pinch. There’s another...
We were Featured on Inc.com, Oct. 2, 2017
Inc.com: Entrepreneurship as Precursor to Addiction: The Business Crisis of Opiates, By Tim Askew The first paragraph of Scott Peck's book The Road Less Traveled says simply, "Life is difficult." That's certainly true. For the Buddha suffering was the first rule of...
We were Featured in Nonprofit Quarterly, Oct. 15, 2017
Nonprofit Quarterly: Connecticut Budget Stalemate Makes State’s Bad Inequities Worse, By Jim Schaffer October 15, 2017; San Francisco Chronicle (Associated Press) and the Connecticut Mirror. Although not in the national news as much as some states, Connecticut faces...
Greenwich Time: Nonprofits adjust to austere reality By Ken Dixon, Greenwich Time Reporter
[Family ReEntry Executive Director Jeff] Grant said that with state agencies withdrawing support, the main strategy he and other private nonprofit providers are taking is outside support. “We’re looking at more private funding, foundation funding, and to be...
CT Mirror: CT nonprofits fear GOP tax overhaul will reduce charitable giving By: Ana Radelat, CT Mirror Reporter
But to Grant, it’s the private donations that give his criminal justice programs flexibility. Family Re-entry has offices in Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk, Stamford, Waterbury, Derby, Norwich and New London. “We believe that’s the way we can have the most impact...
Hartford Courant Op/Ed: Connecticut Budget Impasse is a Public Safety Risk
Connecticut Budget Impasse is a Public Safety RiskLetter to the Editor reprinted from the Hartford Courant, August 2, 2017 As the Executive Director of Family ReEntry, a Connecticut criminal justice nonprofit, and as a formerly incarcerated person myself, I...
Family ReEntry Insider: Two Reflections on the Cheshire Tragedy
After my release in early summer of 2007 from a Federal prison (where I served almost fourteen months for a white-collar crime), I spent five weeks in a halfway house in Hartford that served both Federal and State of Connecticut clients. I was released just two weeks...
Family ReEntry Executive Director Jeff Grant talks about the state of Connecticut criminal justice with Babz Rawls Ivy on her radio show
WNHH 103.5 FM New Haven, CT Listen to archived show on SoundCloud. "LoveBabz LoveTalk" host Babz Rawls-Ivy talk about the new "Prison Portal Project". To learn more click HERE!
CT Post: Jeff Grant, Greenwich White Collar Criminal, Shares His Journey Back to the Board Room By Emilie Munson – Reporter
Jeff Grant, Greenwich White Collar Criminal, Shares His Journey Back to the Board RoomBy Emilie Munson - Reporter, CT PostJeff Grant Speaking at The Nantucket Project's TNP Library in GreenwichGREENWICH — It was a transformation that Greenwich resident Jeff Grant...
First Do No Harm: How Can the Connecticut Criminal Justice Community and State Government Work Together to Get Through the Fiscal Crisis? An Open Letter
An Open Letter to Governor Malloy, State of Connecticut Legislators, and Members of the Connecticut Criminal Justice Community: The Hippocratic Oath compels those in the medical profession to make certain that they first do no harm. A just and ethical principle to...
The Nantucket Presents: Down & Out in Greenwich: An Insider’s View of Prison and the Road back to the Boardroom
Presents: Down and Out in Greenwich: An insider's view of prison and the road back to the boardroom - with Jeff Grant Greenwich, CT - (June 20, 2017) - It happens more than you imagine. A high-flying executive makes a fateful decision and winds up in legal...
Prison Portal Project to be Presented at CT Governor’s Reentry Conference – First Portal Installed in a U.S. Prison Scheduled to Open in CT this Fall
Prison Portal Project to be Presented at CT Governor's Reentry Conference First Portal Installed in a U.S. Prison Scheduled to Open in CT this Fall PRESS RELEASE: Hartford, CT - (June 14, 2017) - Family ReEntry, a nonprofit leader that...
Envisioning a First Chance Society
by Jeff Grant, JD, M Div & Sarah Diamond, PhD -- "Supporting a Second Chance Society with First Chance Opportunities" Last fall, the Directors of Family ReEntry viewed a TED Talk by Dan Pallotta titled, "The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong." In...
Medicaid, ACA uncertainty threaten success of Connecticut ex-offenders’ health care programs
By Adam Wisnieski, Conn. Health I-Team -- Since 2011, Connecticut has issued more than 39,000 new Medicaid cards to prisoners returning to communities, connecting them to health care services with the goal of keeping them healthy and out of prison. This initiative,...
Envisioning a First Chance Society, by Jeff Grant, JD, M Div & Sarah Diamond, PhD: Supporting a Second Chance Society with First Chance Opportunities
Envisioning a First Chance Societyby Jeff Grant, JD, M Div& Sarah Diamond, PhD"Supporting a Second Chance Society with First Chance Opportunities"Envisioning a First Chance Society Last fall, the Directors of Family ReEntry viewed a TED Talk by Dan...
Grant Appointed Co-Chair to Bridgeport Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs Advisory Council
We are honored to announce Jeff's appointment. This Council convenes Greater Bridgeport area criminal justice leaders, and collaborates with Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim and the City of Bridgeport Mayor's Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA), under the leadership of...
A Reflection on Our State of Criminal Justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Jeff Grant
By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div Executive Director Family ReEntry Bridgeport, Connecticut Reprinted from Inner City News, Page 21 New Haven, Connecticut Jan. 11, 2017 “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he...
A Reflection on Our State of Criminal Justice on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Jeff Grant, JD, M Div, Executive Director, Family ReEntry
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News A Reflection on Our State of Criminal Justiceon Martin Luther King Jr. DayBy Jeff Grant, JD, M DivExecutive Director Family ReEntry Bridgeport, ConnecticutReprinted from Inner City...
Challenge to Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes to Debate his Book: “Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White Collar Criminal,” by Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Challenge to Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes to Debate his Book: "Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White Collar Criminal"by Jeff Grant,...
Jeffrey Grant’s Story Is an Inspiration to Other Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
by Beatrice Codianni, Managing Editor, Reentry Central Date: 12-07-2016 Grant went from having an eight digit prison number to being number one at top reentry organization As managing editor of Reentry Central, I have the privilege of meeting many people who share a...
Reentry Central: Jeff Grant’s Story Is an Inspiration to Other Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & NewsReentry Central: Jeff Grant's Story Is an Inspiration to Other Formerly Incarcerated IndividualsBy Beatrice Codianni, Managing Editor,Reentry Central Grant went from...
From Collared to White Collar, by Monsignor Joseph Ciccone – Guest Blogger
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News From Collared to White Collarby Monsignor Joseph Ciccone - Guest BloggerThis past Sunday, was the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time in the Christian Calendar. I celebrated Mass...
Press Release: Jeff Grant Appointed New Interim Executive Director at Family ReEntry
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Press Release: Jeff Grant Appointed New Interim Executive Director at Family ReEntry Jeff Grant Appointed New Interim Executive Director at Family...
Jeff Grant Appointed New Interim Executive Director at Family ReEntry
The Board of Directors of Family ReEntry has appointed Jeff Grant, JD, M Div, as interim Executive Director of Family ReEntry of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Grant served on Family ReEntry’s board of directors since 2009 — his new appointment marks the first time in the...
Fairfield County Business Journal: Progressive Prison Ministries Head Jeff Grant Takes on Leadership of Family ReEntry, by Kevin Zimmerman – Reporter
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Fairfield County Business Journal: Progressive Prison Ministries Head Jeff Grant Takes on Leadership of Family ReEntry By Kevin Zimmerman - Reporter Reprinted from...
Progressive Prison Ministries Head Jeff Grant Takes on Leadership of Family ReEntry
By Kevin Zimmerman - Reporter, Fairfield County Business Journal Reprinted from Westfaironline.comOctober 6, 2016 Support and counseling for white-collar criminals re-entering the general population is a growing business for Jeff Grant. Founder of Greenwich-based...
Letter to Neil Young, by Jeff Grant. It’s All One Song.
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Letter to Neil Youngby Jeff Grant "it's all one song"- Neil Young I was playing some Neil Young songs on guitar for Lynn and a friend of ours today, and...
The Message is the Medium, By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div: Overcoming the Negative Messages We Tell Ourselves & Receive From Others
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News The Message is the Medium:Overcoming the Negative Messages We Tell Ourselves & Receive From Others By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div Please help us by adding to this...
Men of Faith Magazine Cover Story: Interview with Rev. Jeff Grant, May/June Edition – by Hurley Morgan, Senior Managing Editor
Prisonist.org Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Men of Faith Magazine Cover Story: Interview with Rev. Jeff Grant, Director, Progressive Prison Project by Hurley Morgan, Senior Managing Editor [Photography by...
Women Walking By Faith Magazine: A Chat with Lynn Springer, May/June 2016 Edition
Prisonist.org Faith & Dignity for the Days Ahead Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Women Walking By Faith Magazine: A Chat with Lynn Springer, Founding Advocate Innocent Spouse & Children Project We are so grateful to Elissa Gabrielle, Cheryl Lacey Donovan,...
The Weston Forum: Former White-Collar Criminal Turns Focus to Spirituality and Helping Others, by Gregory Menti – Reporter
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News The Weston Forum: Former White-Collar Criminal Turns Focus to Spirituality and Helping Others by Gregory Menti - Reporter The Weston Forum...
Inner-City News Op-Ed: Dear Governor Malloy and Our Connecticut State Legislators, by Rev. Jeff Grant
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Inner-City News Op-Ed:Dear Governor Malloy and Our Connecticut State Legislators By Rev. Jeff Grant [Click pages above to enlarge] This Op-Ed was originally...
After Trauma: The Time For Spiritual Growth, By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News After Trauma: The Time For Spiritual GrowthBy Jeff Grant, JD, M Div____________WHAT IF, you are exactly where you are supposed to be? So many of us are in a place where our...
The Hour: Ministry Counsels People Who Committed White-Collar Crimes, By Jeff Eydt – Hour Staff Writer
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News The Hour: Ministry Counsels People Who Committed White-Collar CrimesBy Jeff Eydt - Hour Staff WriterReprinted from The Hour, March 26, 2016WESTON -- Rev. Jeff Grant...
Weston Forum: Kiwanis Talk, Aftermath of White Collar Crime
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Weston Forum: Kiwanis TalkAftermath of White-Collar CrimeReprinted from Weston Forum, March 24, 2016 in Lead News, People · 0 CommentsA man who served more than a year in a...
An Open Letter to Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and Our State Legislators, by Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div: On the State’s Plan to Cut Funding for Prisoner Reentry
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News An Open Letter to Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Our State Legislators: On the State's Plan to Cut Funding for Prisoner ReentryBy Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M...
Shame, Schadenfreude & Metanoia, A Sermon by Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Shame, Schadenfreude & Metanoia A Sermon by Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M DivLuke 15:1-3, 11b-32The Parable of the Prodigal Son Emanuel Episcopal...
White Collar Criminality, Addiction, and the Entrepreneur, by Tim Askew – Guest Blogger
Our friend Tim Askew is the Founder and CEO of Corporate Rain, an acclaimed executive sales outsourcing company. This guest blog originally appeared in Tim's column on Inc.com and his incredible blog Making Rain. __________ I found this line in a...
Faith and Dignity on CorrLinks: Federal Prison Email
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News Faith and Dignity on CorrLinks: Federal Prison Email CorrLinks is a way for family and friends to communicate with their loved ones incarcerated in...
A Worldly Fall, A Spiritual Ascent: The Jeff Grant Story, by Evan Triantafilidis, Reporter, Greenwich Sentinel
Prisonist.org: Faith & Dignity for the Days AheadBlogs, Guest Blogs & News A Worldly Fall, A Spiritual Ascent: The Jeff Grant Story by Evan Triantafilidis Reporter, Greenwich Sentinel This article appears in the January 7, 2016 issue of the...
Last Stop Babylon, by Rev. Jeff Grant. The Art of Surviving Prison
Prisonist.org: Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Concerning National and International Criminal Justice ThemesLAST STOP BABYLON: THE ART OF SURVIVING PRISON BY REV. JEFF GRANTThis article first appeared in Weston Magazine Group's fourteen titles in NYC, the...
It’s About God: Prison Ministry vs. Prison Consulting, By Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Prisonist.org: Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Concerning National and International Criminal Justice ThemesIt's About God: Prison Ministry vs. Prison Consulting, By Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M DivI've read a number of articles lately about prison...
Greenwich Time: “These People Are Suffering.” Group Offers Help To Innocent Families Of White-Collar Crimials
‘THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING’Group offers help to innocent families of white-collar criminalsBy Robert Marchant, Reprinted from Greenwich Time, Friday. April 17, 2015Rich, white people going to jail? Insert punch-line here.The issue of white-collar crime and prison is...
It’s About God: Prison Ministry v. Prison Consulting, by Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children ProjectGreenwich I Weston I BridgeportConnecticutIt's About God: Prison Ministry v. Prison Consulting By Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div Rev. Jeff Grant & Lynn SpringerAfter I was released from...
Authentic, A Sermon by Rev. Jeff Grant
Link to Video of sermon on YouTube here. Let us pray. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of all our hearts, be acceptable in your sight Oh Lord – our Rock and our Redeemer. Good morning, and welcome to Martin Luther King Sunday at Norfield Church. ...
A Repurposed Life: A Biblical Perspective, By Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Progressive Prison ProjectInnocent Spouse & Children ProjectGreenwich, ConnecticutA Repurposed Life:A Biblical PerspectiveBy Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div____________WHAT IF, you are exactly where you are supposed to be? So many of us are in a place where our first...
A White-Collar Minister At A Pharisee’s House, by Jeff Grant: Luke 14:8-11
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut A White-Collar Minister At A Pharisee’s House: Luke 14:8-11 By Jeff Grant When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person...
What, Me Worry? A Sermon About Depression & Incarceration, by Rev. Jeff Grant
Prisonist.org: Blogs, Guest Blogs & News Concerning National and International Criminal Justice ThemesWhat, Me Worry?A Sermon About Depression & Incarceration:Matt. 6:25-34By Rev. Jeff Grant First Baptist Church of BridgeportBridgeport,...
Letter to Neil Young, by Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutLetter to Neil Youngby Jeff Grant "it's all one song"- Neil YoungDear Neil Young, I am writing to you let you know how you've inspired my transformation story...
The Catch-22’s of White-Collar Ministry, By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut The Catch-22’s of White-Collar Ministry By Jeff Grant Catch-22 was one of my favorite novels and movies. The term, Catch-22, describes a situation from...
Forbes: A New Class Of White-Collar Victims: The Family, by Walt Pavlo
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut A New Class Of White-Collar Victims: The Family, by Walt Pavlo Reverend Jeff Grant wrote a powerful post on his blog, Prisonist.org, announcing that...
Out of Hiding, by Rev. Jeff Grant – Successful Resolution of Our Lead Case on Behalf of an Innocent Spouse & Children
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children ProjectGreenwich, Connecticut Out of Hiding: Successful Resolution of Our Lead Case on Behalf of an Innocent Spouse & Childrenby, Rev. Jeff Grant The Progressive Prison...
Last Stop Babylon: The Art of Surviving Prison, by Jeff Grant
This is the article that currently appeared in Weston Magazine Group's fourteen titles in NYC, the Hamptons, Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut. _________________ I thought I was lucky–one of the chosen. It was 1992; I was a young, successful...
The Stone Which The Builders Rejected, by Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut "The Stone Which The Builders RejectedHas Become The Chief Cornerstone" Jeff Grant This is my favorite line of scripture - it comes from Psalm 118. I think it powerfully...
Forgiveness and The Innocent Spouse & Children Project. A Sermon. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 By, Jeff Grant & Lynn Springer
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutForgiveness & The Innocent Spouse & Children Project. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31A Sermon.Rev. Jeff Grant & Lynn SpringerChrist Church Greenwich Feb. 2,...
Viktor Frankl & Me, By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutWhat “Man’s Search for Meaning” Was to Prison, “Religious Perspectives On Business Ethics” Was to Seminary Part One: Viktor Frankl & Me by Jeff...
The Wolf of Wall Street On Christmas Day: The Wolf, Sheep & Goats: Matt 25:31-46
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutThe Wolf of Wall Street On Christmas Day:The Wolf, Sheep & Goats: Matt 25:31-46These actual comments and replies from Forbes concern Mark Hughes' review of"The Wolf of...
It Takes A Town (or Two). By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison ProjectInnocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutIt Takes A Town (or tw0)By Jeff Grant I admit it. I prejudged things. My wife Lynn & I had a dream of building new forms of prison ministry to bring...
We Have Dreams Too, By Lynn Springer
Progressive Prison ProjectInnocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutWe Have Dreams TooBy Lynn Springer Being children of the 50's and 60's, my husband Jeff and I had many remarkable role models as we were growing up: The Freedom Fighters,...
Empathy & Compassion on the SAC Settlement Trail, By Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M Div
Progressive Prison ProjectInnocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, ConnecticutEmpathy & Compassion on the SAC Settlement TrailBy Rev. Jeff Grant, JD, M DivWeds., Nov. 6, 2013 Yesterday was the first day after the news broke about the SAC Capital...
Jeff Grant on SAC Capital & some not-so-surprising replies!
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Rev. Jeff Grant comments on the NY Times Article About SAC Capital & some not-so-surprising replies!Nov. 5, 2013 Dear New York Times, In Response to...
Going Up The Country, By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison ProjectInnocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Going Up The Country By Jeff Grant Sat., Oct. 26th, Weston, CT: Up again way too early this morning - I can't believe it's already been a month since...
Luke, Slaves & Masters, Luke 16:1-13: A Sermon. The Innocent Spouse & Children Project, Greenwich, CT
United Congregational ChurchNorwalk, ConnecticutSunday, Sept. 22, 2013Luke, Slaves & Masters:The Innocent Spouse & Children Project,Greenwich, CT Luke 16:1-13A Sermon By Jeff Grant Good morning, and Welcome to the United Congregational Church of...
A Stake in Saratoga: Coming Out of Isolation and Into Community After A Crisis, By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Aug. 29, 2013 A Stake in Saratoga: Coming Out of Isolation and Into Community After A Crisis By Jeff Grant This is my last day of a week visiting my...
Luke, Mothers & Children, A Sermon: By Jeff Grant: The Innocent Spouseand Children Project
The First Baptist Church of Bridgeport Bridgeport, Connecticut Sunday, August 11, 2013 Luke, Mothers & Children: The Innocent Spouse & Children Project Luke 12:32-40 A Sermon By Jeff Grant Do Not Be Afraid. Expect Miracles. Allow Them To Happen....
Taking 200 Guitar Lessons in Prison, By Jeff Grant
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Taking 200 Guitar Lessons in PrisonBy Jeff Grant: “You can do the crime and do the time, but what you do with the time is the key to success or failure in prison.” Some of you might know that I play...
A Vision of Forensic Ministry, By Jeff Grant
--> Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut A Vision of Forensic Ministry By Jeff Grant “Needing help is not a crime; knowing that you need help – and not asking for it--is a shame.” In our ministries, I hear stories by so many...
“A Man Of Many Collars”: Fairfield Cnty Bus Jrnl – Article By Patrick Gallagher
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut A Man Of Many CollarsBy Patrick Gallagher When asked about the frequency of individuals with both a Juris Doctor and a Master of Divinity degree, Jeff Grant replied — with a chuckle — “There are more of us than...
The Platform Less Taken, By Jeff Grant: Heading East on Metro-North
--> Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut The Platform Less Taken: Heading East on Metro-North By Jeff Grant I stood with about a half dozen other passengers on the Greenwich Metro-North platform yesterday morning. We were waiting for the...
Hedgefunders in the Hoosegow, By Stephen Bornstein, Reprinted from About Wall Street, Monday, June 3, 2013
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Hedgefunders in the HoosegowBy Stephen Bornstein The do’s and don’t’s of prison lifeAbsolute Return magazine just published an interview with a Christian minister by the name of Jeff Grant who...
How to Survive in Prison As a Hedge-Fund Millionaire – New York Magazine, May 23, 2013
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut How to Survive in Prison As a Hedge-Fund Millionaire New York Magazine By Kevin Roose In Raj's case, make that "billionaire." Life is tough for hedge-fund managers who go to prison for insider trading....
Jack’s Pardons Story, By Jeff Grant: Why a Pardon Is Something All Ex-Offenders ShouldAspire To
--> Bridgeport Pardons Assistance Project at The First Baptist Church of Bridgeport 126 Washington Avenue Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604bpapct.org info@bpapt.org The first regularly staffed drop-in pardons assistance office to cover all of Fairfield County,...
Helping hedge funders cope with prison: A Q&A with the Director of Greenwich-based Progressive Prison Project
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut progressiveprisonproject.org jgrant@progressiveprisonproject.org Helping Hedge Funders Cope With Prison May 20, 2013, by Lawrence Delevingne A Q&A with the director of Greenwich-based Progressive Prison...
Mourning My Father Part Two: The French Chairs
Progressive Prison ProjectGreenwich, ConnecticutThis originally appeared as one of my Practically Religion columns in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mourning My Father Part Two: The French Chairsby Jeff GrantI prayed this morning. I got up early but instead of my usual...
Mourning My Father, Warts and All (Part One)
Progressive Prison ProjectGreenwich, ConnecticutThis is an excerpt from my book, The Art of Surviving Prison, awaiting publication. It originally appeared as one of my Practically Religion columns in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mourning My father, Warts And All (Part...
“Unseen” – Sermon: Seeing Doubting Thomas as One of the Unseen
A Sermon, John 20: 24 - 29, By Rev. Jeff Grant It was my daughter’s eighteen birthday. Now you all know that an eighteenth birthday is a very big deal in the life of a young woman. And in the life of a family. This was a day she’d been waiting for her entire life...
White Collar Ministry 3 – Why Greenwich? Why Bridgeport?
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut -->In Early December, I was on my way to the Fresh Start Holiday Party in Bridgeport. Fresh Start is a program of Family ReEntry, a nonprofit that serves formerly incarcerated persons and their...
White Collar Ministry 2 – News & Content Link
Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut We curate useful news and information content daily on the Progressive Prison Project Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/progressiveprisonproject Gratefully, Jeff Jeff Grant, JD, M DivDirector,...
White Collar Ministry – Hedge Fund Story
-->Progressive Prison Project Greenwich, Connecticut Not long ago I met with a hedge fund manager who had already been sentenced to five years in prison - he had been designated to report to a Federal prison in five weeks. Although his case was highly...