PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Video

  "This is like the heaven of penitentiaries right here."

  "Walking with Jesus in this institution has been a gift."

Alissa had no hope, no purpose, only a life of pain. In prison she learned that God made her for a purpose - to glorify Him.

" I'm going to be OK if I just trust in God with all my heart."

  "I had three beautiful children—the perfect neighborhood, the perfect job, the perfect car."

  "I may not hear from my family for months or weeks, but I am loved by Jesus."

  "Everybody makes mistakes, and everybody can be forgiven."

  "I was the king of my world," David says, but "once I felt my world was coming down around me, I needed to escape somewhere."

  For too long, Deborah had sewn pain and destruction into her family. Could they finally find healing and restoration in Angel Tree?

  Labeled a troubled child from a dysfunctional family, Deborah saw herself as a career criminal. It seemed like she was fated to spend her days in prison.

  Brandon was on fire for crime, until a robbery put him behind bars. In prison, he would search for truth and meaning for his life. But would he find it?

  Adam has been in and out of correctional facilities since he was 15 years old. Now almost 21, he’s serving time at Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility. This is what happens when youth go to prison.

  "The day we come to prison, our social and human growth stop."