In Jominiq's home growing up, Christmas was a day he only saw celebrated on TV.
Hurricane Harvey's effect on the criminal justice system in Texas has been profound.
"Life really is like climbing a mountain. You don't get to the top without some scratches and some scars. I'm not at the top yet, but I'm on a new path."
Lorie Longoria came from a broken home. To escape, she ran away at a young age to the streets.
Behind the high walls of prison, Jesus Christ is changing lives of people like Jesús.
"Over time our love for each other became weaker, and our love for drugs became stronger."
"When I first went to prison, I felt like an outcast."
Tim's story is about a nobody who had no future and no hope. But it's also about the power of God’s love.
"My criminal mind would start thinking about selling drugs again. It was easy, fast money."
"All my life, the gang members that I hung with and ran with gave me everything I wanted, but nothing that I needed."
"He thought he was 'big pimping' … He thought he was the greatest guy who ever touched Earth."
"I may not understand the purpose for this right now, but I can trust Him with my health and life."
John Baker, the founder of Celebrate Recovery, lauds a new partnership to enhance Prison Fellowship®'s in-prison curriculum and recruit more Angel Tree® churches to serve prisoners’ children and families.
Lyle shuffled into the county jail wearing shackles, a waist chain, and cuffs around his wrists. As the officer prepared to escort Lyle to his cell, he called out, "Clear the corridor! Dead man walking."
"I did everything but join a gang," Roderick McNeely remembers. "I was trying to kill myself."
