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Finding Freedom: William Jones Celebrates His Release from Prison

"It's time! This is my season! God told me this would happen if I trusted Him, and I trust Him. I’m going home!"

By Emily Harris Greene
September 12, 2018
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Texas Families Bond Behind the Walls at ‘Day with Dad’

Everyone wants to see their kids. Prison Fellowship gave some incarcerated dads a chance to spend a whole day with them.

By Emily Andrews
June 26, 2018
Carol S. Vance Unit | Day With Dad | Family | Texas
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How Books are Helping Incarcerated Dads Start a New Chapter with Their Kids

Books with well-written stories have the power to unlock a child's God-given imagination and create deep bonds between the child and their parent—even if that parent is behind bars.

By Grayson Pope
June 18, 2018
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Out of the Darkness and Into the Light: Raymond Hall

Christ can build bridges over any divide and shine light in the darkest of places.

By Prison Fellowship
June 12, 2018
Carol S. Vance Unit | Jubilee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Second Chances | Texas
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The Church Behind Bars: Supporting Christians in Prison

Jerrel Martin and a group of prisoners meet regularly for worship, teaching, discipleship, and prayer behind bars. It's church. Prison church. And it's clear that God is here.

By Zoe Erler
October 4, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Jominiq’s Very First Christmas

In Jominiq's home growing up, Christmas was a day he only saw celebrated on TV.

By Emily Harris Greene
September 13, 2017
Angel Tree Christmas | Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Hurricane Harvey Forces Prisoners to Relocate

Hurricane Harvey's effect on the criminal justice system in Texas has been profound.

By Emily Harris Greene
August 30, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Hurricane Harvey | Texas
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From a Heart Attack to a Heart of Joy

"I did everything but join a gang," Roderick McNeely remembers. "I was trying to kill myself."

By Emily Andrews
May 24, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars
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The Miracle of Easter: Answered in Scars

Writer Zoe Erler reflects on the miracle of Easter: how her questions are answered in the scars of Jesus Christ and in the faith of incarcerated Christians.

By Zoe Erler
April 13, 2017
Carol S. Vance Unit | Easter | Texas
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A Time to ‘Heal’

To for a free download of Idalee’s song, “Heal,” visit www.idalee.com/heal.

Last week, Prison Fellowship, in partnership with singer-songwriter Idalee, released “Heal,” a music video and documentary recorded at the Carol Vance correctional facility outside of Houston, Texas.  Idalee performed his new song with a band composed of residents from the facility, in front of an audience of their fellow prisoners.

By Steve Rempe
March 4, 2016
Carol S. Vance Unit | Texas
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Men Return to Prison to Celebrate Successful Reentry

This past Sunday was a time of great celebration at IFI. Eighteen formerly incarcerated men returned to the Carol Vance unit to graduate before their families and other program participants.

By Rebekah L. Stratton
April 30, 2015
Carol S. Vance Unit | InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Texas
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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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