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Fatherhood Found in Storybooks

Kate Campbell is a summer intern with Prison Fellowship, working with Inside Journal. She is currently studying photojournalism at Boston University.

Recently, the Wisconsin State Journal published an article about a program called Reading Connections, which allows incarcerated fathers and mothers to record videos of themselves reading stories for their children.

By Kate Campbell
July 9, 2014
Carol S. Vance Unit | InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Texas
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The One Who Never Leaves

On a recent trip to Minnesota, I visited with the ladies who are part of the InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI) unit in Shakopee, the only women’s prison in the state. I asked them, “If you could tell the people who support this program anything, what would you say?”

By Jim Liske
June 27, 2014
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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“Recyling” Ex-Prisoners

Every year, over 700,000 inmates are released from state and federal prisons across the United States.  The joy of their new freedom, however, is tempered by the realization that substantial roadblocks remain to successful reintegration.  The stigma of being an ex-prisoner makes it hard to find regular employment or housing, and the temptation to return to old friends and old habits is always present. 

By Steve Rempe
July 30, 2013
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Virginia
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Redeemed, Released, Renewed!

Jeffrey Leonard never expected to be free from a lifelong cycle of crime and addiction. He envisioned himself going back behind the walls every time he was released. “The first thing I’d do when I left prison was buy a gun,” he confesses.

By Carolyn Kincaid
January 9, 2013
Bridge Church | InnerChange Freedom Initiative
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Choice Fruit

From his wife’s hand, John drew his first snort of meth. One encounter with the choice fruit plunged him into a twisted romance with addiction.

By Zoe Erler
January 1, 2009
Drug Addiction | Prison Fellowship Academy | Recovery
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