PRISON FELLOWSHIP: COVID-19

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  • Prison & Prisoners
Update on Prison Fellowship and COVID-19

Check in with us each week for an update on how the COVID-19 is affecting Prison Fellowship and correctional facilities - including our regularly updated map of impact on prisons in each state.

By Prison Fellowship
June 28, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | COVID-19 Resources
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  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Hope Events
  • Inside Journal
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Championing Prison Chaplains on the Front Lines

During the most challenging time of their careers, chaplains looked to Prison Fellowship as they embraced new ways to serve the prisoners in their care.

By Emily Andrews
June 8, 2021
Chaplains | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | The Storehouse
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Virtual ‘Live’ Event to Bring Hope to Hundreds of Men at Roswell Correctional

Church on the Move to host Hope Event on Sunday evening, featuring Richard Acuna, Serena Steenjoldt, and live streamed into Roswell Correction Center.

By Prison Fellowship
April 28, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | New Mexico
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  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Families of Prisoners
  • Prison & Prisoners
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Our Top 12 Inspiration Series Stories: A Year of Transformations

It's been a difficult year, but thanks to God, it has also been a year of transformation. To celebrate what God has done, here are our top 12 stories.

By Emily Harris Greene
April 27, 2021
Collateral Consequences | COVID-19
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  • Advocacy & Reentry
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Join Us Virtually for the Third Annual Second Chance Month Gala!

You’re invited to attend the April 2021 Virtual Second Chance Month Gala. Join us as we celebrate second chances with keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson, musical guest Lecrae, and our partners.

By Emily Harris Greene
April 8, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | Equal Justice Initiative | Lecrae | Second Chance
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  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
A ‘Thank You’ to Those Essential Workers Who Don’t Often Hear It

Prison Fellowship is called to "remember those in prison"—including the oft-overlooked correctional officers.

By Joanna Breault
March 9, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | department of corrections
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  • Inside Journal
  • Prison & Prisoners
Turning Bad Things to Good: Answering the Question “Is God Still in Control?”

Prison chaplain John Cherico writes to the Incarcerated readers of Inside Journal on how God can turn painful trials into triumphs.

By Chaplain John Cherico
January 20, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Resources | In-Prison Resources
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  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • From the CEO
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Statement Regarding the Distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine

The prison population is one of society’s vulnerable communities.

By James J. Ackerman
January 14, 2021
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News
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  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Free for Life

Prison Fellowship is proud to release our Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report. The COVID-19 pandemic tried to shake us, but we found new ways to continue to serve all of those affected by crime and incarceration.

By Prison Fellowship
December 29, 2020
Annual Report | COVID-19 | COVID-19 News
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  • Families of Prisoners
  • Inside Journal
  • Prison & Prisoners
5 Creative Ways to Connect During the COVID-19 Holidays

Even in a regular non-pandemic year, the separation from family can impact the mental health of men and women behind bars during the holidays.

By Stacia Ray
December 14, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Resources | Family Resources
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  • Prison & Prisoners
Defeating Doubt, Creating Change: How The Prison Fellowship Academy Prepares Returning Citizens for a New World

“I want so bad to help in the same way that I was helped.” Reentry can bring a whole new set of problems for returning citizens. Prison Fellowship Academy provides prisoners with the tools they need for reentry.

By Emily Harris Greene
December 8, 2020
Bibles for Prisoners | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Prison Fellowship Academy | Reentry
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  • Hope Events
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
Sharing Hope in a Pandemic: In-Prison Events Find a Way to Continue

From the ministry’s first-ever virtual Easter celebration to socially distanced Hope Events safely conducted outside the prison fence, Prison Fellowship is finding new ways to continue to bring the hope of the Gospel to incarcerated men and women.

By Maria Mallory White
December 2, 2020
Alabama | COVID-19 | COVID-19 News | South Carolina
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  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship News & Updates
‘Hold Your Head Up High’: Lecrae Takes the Gospel to Alabama Prisoners

“I was trapped in my own mindset. I was trapped into thinking that I had to be something that society said I had to be, instead of being what God said I was.”

By Emily Harris Greene
November 4, 2020
Alabama | COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Lecrae
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Heroes Act Passes House as COVID-19 Impact on Justice System Grows

Heroes Act includes additional funding for reentry, COVID-19 response, and allows entrepreneurs with a criminal past access to the Paycheck Protection Program.

By Prison Fellowship
October 2, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 News
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  • Families of Prisoners
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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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