PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: In-Prison Stories

“I can never make the day of the accident vanish as if it didn’t exist. It happened. But I can be restored.” Amy, a Prison Fellowship Academy graduate, reveals what happened when she stopped running from God and finally began to grow.

  If you had told Tino 30 years ago that one day he would be a devout Christian, he would have been shocked. But that’s the transformative power of God’s love.

Tammy Franklin has come full circle. A former prisoner, she is now a Prison Fellowship Academy manager at the same facility in which she was incarcerated.

  'Your past doesn't disqualify you from the Kingdom. As a matter of fact, it qualifies you for it.'

  'I'm at peace. I have a lot of joy. I smile all the time.'

  The Prison Fellowship Academy addresses criminogenic thinking while offering prisoners a chance to learn values and skills to help them thrive in life after prison.

  "I’m no spiritual giant. I am just a sinner saved by the grace of God."

  When Fred went to prison, he joined a notorious prison gang. His membership came at a price.

  "I stepped out in faith, and I started getting into the Word."

Martha Ackerman and Stephanie Segel are bringing community and peace to prisons through a restorative art program called Create: New Beginnings.