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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Arizona

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Reap the Whirlwind: How Kenny Dobbs Learned to Soar

Slam dunk legend Kenny Dobbs has made a name for himself in basketball, but his passion is helping at-risk kids get on the right track.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 15, 2020
Angel Tree Sports Clinic | Arizona | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | New York | Video
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A Wanderer Finds Her Roots

Roxanne went through a series of "firsts"—first boyfriend, first baby, and first time trying meth.

By Emily Andrews
February 9, 2018
Arizona | drug abuse | Incarcerated Women
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Angel Tree Shares Hope and Creates New Friendships

2,500 gifts were handed out at an Angel Tree® Christmas party in Tennessee this past Saturday.

The New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro hosted a special Christmas party for prisoners and their families. Incarcerated parents were transported to the church to spend the evening with their children.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 20, 2016
Angel Tree | Arizona | New Vision Baptist Church | St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church | Tennessee | Wrangler News
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Breaking Wild Horses in Prison

Dozens of prisoners in Florence, Arizona, just can’t wait to get up for work in the morning.

The minimum-security prisoners pair up with mustangs and burros at Florence State Prison for a unique job opportunity. In an effort to protect local rangelands and teach men behind bars a new trade, the Arizona DOC partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to form the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP).

By Emily Andrews
July 5, 2016
Arizona | Creating a Constructive Prison Culture | Florence | horses | Justice | Randy Helm | Wild Horse Inmate Program
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Bridging the Ocean

Numerous studies have indicated that prisoners have a much greater likelihood of not being re-arrested when they stay in contact with friends and family outside the prison walls. Maintaining a connection to the outside world helps to keep incarcerated men and women focused on a life to which they want to return, and keeps them from adopting a “criminal identity.”

By Steve Rempe
April 21, 2016
Arizona | Hawaii | Honolulu | Mahealani Meheula | Marshall Project | Saguaro Correctional Facility
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Not Like the Movies

It sounds like the setup for a new action film.  Early in the morning on August 11, a bus transporting 50 prisoners from a worksite crashed into an overturned semi trailer on a remote Arizona freeway.  The bus careened into the road median, the driver seriously hurt.

By Steve Rempe
August 27, 2015
Arizona | Huffington Post | movie | Reentry
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Frontlines: A Human Hallway

It was a rainy day in Phoenix when Prison Fellowship President and CEO Jim Liske became part of a human hallway. Join Jim as he recounts his experience at a volunteer event in an Arizona prison housing inmates from Hawaii. Though separated from their loved ones by many miles, these inmates learned that God’s love was always present and available to them – even in a rainy prison yard in Arizona.

By Prison Fellowship
January 29, 2014
Arizona | From the CEO | Frontlines | Hawaii | Prison Fellowship
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Far From Home

I’ve been to lots of prisons, but this past week was a first: I saw the hula being doing behind bars!

I had the privilege of going to Saguaro Correctional Facility to visit inmates who are from Hawaii, but are doing their time in Arizona.

By Jim Liske
December 2, 2013
Arizona | Christmas | Hawaii | Saguaro Correctional Facility | Thanksgiving
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A Meaningful Ministry

Initially, Tony Torrez wasn’t sure if prison ministry was his calling. He didn’t know how he would connect with the prisoners and felt he was already making a difference in the homeless community. However, after a volunteer at the Arizona State Prison at Winslow persuaded him to come to an orientation, he couldn’t say no to becoming involved.

By Sara Blair Matthews
September 5, 2013
Arizona | In-Prison Ministry | Prison Fellowship | volunteer
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Prisoners Give Back to Angel Tree

Every year, hundreds of thousands of prisoners who otherwise couldn’t provide Christmas gifts for their children do so through Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program. In 2012, some Arizona prisoners decided to give back—in the amount of $3,300.

La Palma Correctional Center, a prison privately operated by the Corrections Corporation of America, houses 3,100 men in several compounds.

By Alyson R. Quinn
February 12, 2013
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Bringing Christmas to Kids in Arizona

Meeting Santa at the Angel Tree Christmas party. (Photo by Kathy Marvin / Sierra Vista Herald)

Around the country, Angel Tree coordinators and volunteers are busy displaying the love of God to prisoners and their families as they prepare for Christmas. 

By Steve Rempe
December 11, 2012
Arizona | Christmas

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