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PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: In-Prison Stories

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The Power in Your Story: Academy Graduate on Freedom in Incarceration

Drugs and fraud sent Brittany to prison, but God was waiting for her. “Prison would set the stage for the rest of my life,” she shares. Read on to discover how God redeemed Brittany from her past and gave her hope for the future.

By Women of Shakopee
August 21, 2019
Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy
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Living a Double Life: How a Good Christian Kid Ended Up in Shackles

Gilbert was raised in church but lived a double life as a gang member and drug dealer. When he was 21, his dealer turned on him. Betrayed, Gilbert’s world crumbled around him. Could his foundation in Christ give him a second chance?

By Whitney Thompson
August 13, 2019
California | gang | Inside Journal
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Riding High at Blackburn Correctional

A champion bareback rider and a wild horse named Sushi share the Gospel with Kentucky prisoners.

By Chelsea Magnuson
August 6, 2019
Hope Event | Kentucky | Prison Fellowship Academy
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How Alpha Led a Wiccan Prisoner to Truth

For most of his life, Josiah steered clear of “crazy” Christians who “make no sense,” just like his Wiccan parents told him to. But in prison, he encountered a "presence" he couldn't explain away.

By Grayson Pope
July 31, 2019
California | Prison Fellowship Academy
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A Chance to Bloom: Women at Shakopee Prison Are Being Transformed

Things run a little differently at Minnesota Correction Facility—Shakopee. Here, female prisoners engage in community and in-prison programing like the Prison Fellowship Academy.

By Emily Harris Greene
July 24, 2019
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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When the Healing Begins: How a Life-Changing Program Revealed Amy’s Life Purpose

“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.

By Women of Shakopee
June 19, 2019
Incarcerated Women | Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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On This Side of the Cross, There’s Only Grace and Mercy

  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.

By Emily Harris Greene
May 29, 2019
Carol S. Vance Unit | Prison Fellowship Academy | Texas
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Coming Full Circle: Q&A with Former Prisoner Turned Academy Manager

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.

By Emily Andrews
May 14, 2019
Inside Journal | Prison Fellowship Academy
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A Life-Changing Experience: When the Hope of Easter Comes to Three California Prisons

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

By Grayson Pope
May 8, 2019
California | Easter | Hope Event
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From Solitary to Community: How Jesus Healed a Man on the Edge

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

By Emily Harris Greene
April 24, 2019
Administrative Segregation | Insider | Prison Fellowship Insider
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