PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Families of Incarcerated

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How Marcus Bullock and Flikshop Keep Prisoners and Families Connected Despite COVID-19

Because Marcus Bullock was given a second chance, his business Flikshop is connecting families separated by prison walls and the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Grayson Pope
June 15, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Families of Incarcerated | Flikshop
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  • Prison & Prisoners
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Show Up: Why We Go to Prison

Prison Fellowship's Jennifer Lowrey shares why we are called to 'remember the prisoner.'

By Jennifer Lowrey
February 18, 2019
Families of Incarcerated | prison visit | Visitation
  • Feature Stories
  • Inside Journal
  • Prison & Prisoners
Like Father, Like Son?

Patterns of brokenness seem to pass through family generations, almost like an inheritance.

By J. Kana
June 11, 2018
Children with Incarcerated Parents | Families of Incarcerated | Father's Day | incarcerated fathers | incarcerated parents
Educators
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Educators: Key Players in the Lives of Prisoners’ Kids

Guest blogger Bethany McIlrath shares how teachers can influence at-risk children of the incarcerated for the better.

By Bethany McIlrath
August 28, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | education | Families of Incarcerated | Family | Family Ministry
A Father, a Daughter, and Angel Tree
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  • Angel Tree
A Father, a Daughter, and Angel Tree

"How could I matter? My own dad didn’t want me. He chose drugs over me."

By Prison Fellowship
July 5, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Families of Incarcerated | Family Ministry
Prisoners Sign Up for Angel Tree
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  • Feature Stories
  • Prison & Prisoners
Remembering Their Children: Prisoners Sign Up for Angel Tree

"It hardly seemed like the weather for thinking about Christmas, but even so, a crowd of men made their way over to our table to fill out Angel Tree applications."

By Mary Ellen Armbruster
June 28, 2017
Angel Tree | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Families of Incarcerated | Family Ministry | In-Prison
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Prison & Prisoners
Sharing Sentences on the Outside

Kate Boccia knows what it’s like to struggle with a loved one behind bars. When her son, Daniel, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for armed robbery, she experienced all the emotional and financial struggles that come with having an incarcerated family member.

By Steve Rempe
June 24, 2016
Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act | Families of Incarcerated | Kate Boccia | National Incarceration Association | Second Chance Reauthorization Act | Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act
My Best Christmas Ever- daddy daughter dance
  • Angel Tree
  • Feature Stories
My Best Christmas Ever

We often hear stories about how Angel Tree reconnected a child recipient with his or her incarcerated parent. But in this story from California, Angel Tree reconnected a volunteer with her formerly incarcerated father. We received the following personal account right before Christmas.

By Zoe Erler
January 6, 2016
Angel Tree | Families of Incarcerated | Family | Family Ministry

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