On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 10 AM, Pepperdine University’s Center for Faith
and the Common Good will host a virtual symposium entitled “Human Flourishing and
Justice: Offender Rehabilitation and Restorative Prisons.” The symposium will feature
leaders from Pepperdine, Prison Fellowship International, the Senate of Colombia,
and the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute of Colombia.
The event will center around a first-of-its-kind, multiyear study in Colombia’s prison
system to measure the efficacy of international prison programs in offender rehabilitation,
recidivism reduction, and general correctional reform. Led by Pepperdine University
and Prison Fellowship International (PFI), in partnership with the National Penitentiary
and Prison Institute of Colombia (INPEC) and Prison Fellowship Colombia (PFC), the
research study partnership findings will be applied to identify best practices that
drive meaningful change in the lives of prisoners and their families around the world.
This unique endeavor will also position the Colombian government as a global leader
in restorative programs.
Panelists will include Pepperdine president Jim Gash (JD ’93); Andy Corley, president
and CEO of Prison Fellowship International; Byron Johnson, co-executive director of
the Center for Faith and the Common Good; Sung Joon Jang, visiting scholar at the
School of Public Policy and research professor of criminology and co-director of the
Program on Prosocial Behavior at Baylor University; Lorena Ríos Cuéllar, member of
the Senate of Colombia; Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Fernando Gutiérrez Rojas, general
director of INPEC; Lácides Hernández, executive director of Prison Fellowship Colombia;
and Cameron McCollum (JD ’17), director of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Sudreau
Global Justice Institute and administrative director of the Center for Faith and the
Common Good.
Watch a live broadcast of the symposium free of charge on Thursday, October 26, at 10 AM.
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