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Unlock Casey’s ‘Second Prison’

Meet Casey Irwin. She served time in three separate facilities for "a couple of drug possessions and a DUI or two." A self-proclaimed hermit, she didn't want help from others in staying clean. But when she ended up in Shakopee for 14 months, Casey knew something had to change.

By Emily Harris Greene
March 10, 2017
Insider | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Insider | Second Chance 5k St. Paul | Second Chances | Second Prison Project
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Hope Renewed in Michigan Prison

Hope still bears the scars of her birth parents' war with addiction. Heroin and alcoholism left her childhood marked with abandonment, isolation, and worthlessness. Even after she was adopted, Hope struggled with thoughts of suicide.

By Emily Andrews
March 7, 2017
Drug Addiction | Michigan | Prison Fellowship Academy | Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility
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A Prison Fellowship Academy Reentry Success

"I'm Nick, and at one point in my life, I was committing armed robberies just to survive."

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By Emily Harris Greene
March 3, 2017
Insider | Nick Robbins | Prison Fellowship Academy | Prison Fellowship Insider | Returning Home
Women prison ministry letters from inside
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Letters From Inside: What It Takes to Be a Leader in Prison

I have been incarcerated for four years. I have learned that God doesn't see me as a [number], but He sees me as Emily. I am a child of the one true King, highly favored and dearly loved!

By Women of Shakopee
February 21, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
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Prison Fellowship Academy: How Darryl Went from Prisoner to Director

The first day Darryl Brooks entered Prison Fellowship Academy, he wore the standard DOC-issued white scrubs. Today, he wears khakis and a dress shirt.

By Prison Fellowship
February 16, 2017
Darryl Brooks | Prison Fellowship Academy | Texas
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Faith Groups Aid in Reducing Recidivism

In their opinion piece this week for "The Hill," Timothy Head and Craig DeRoche demonstrate how faith-based organizations are valuable in curbing recidivism in America.

By Emily Harris Greene
February 1, 2017
Craig DeRoche | Faith and Freedom Coalition | recidivism | The Hill | Timothy Head
Prison Fellowship Academy Ignites Hope at Rikers Island
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Prison Fellowship Academy Ignites Hope at Rikers Island

Earlier this week, Insider took you behind the walls on Rikers Island to December's Prison Fellowship Academy™y graduation.

Rikers Island is the main jail complex for New York City. On average the daily population is 10,000, making Rikers one of the world's largest correctional institutions.

By Emily Harris Greene
January 25, 2017
Kristi Reeter | New York | News 12 Brooklyn | News 12 The Bronx | Prison Fellowship Academy | Rikers Island
Prison Fellowship Academy Impacts Minnesota Youth
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Prison Fellowship Academy Impacts Minnesota Youth

"I was certified as an adult when I was 17 years old and have been locked up for the last 15 years," Robert writes from the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Lino Lakes.

By Emily Andrews
January 25, 2017
Juvenile Delinquency | Juvenile Justice | Lino Lakes | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder | Prison Fellowship Academy | Restorative Justice
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A Shining Star

A former prisoner who claims that the InnerChange Freedom Initiative® “literally saved my life” now volunteers to help other offenders experience God’s transforming love and power.

It’s 4:30 a.m., and Bernard’s Houston home is silent—except for the sound of his voice.

By Rebekah Lowe
December 3, 2009
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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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