PRISON FELLOWSHIP BLOG: Georgia

Elizabeth Turnage is a writer, story coach, and teacher. A version of the following post appears on her website, www.elizabethturnage.com, and is shared here with permission.

“I was beaten with a braided extension cord by my mother, who ran a bootleg house.”

For many prisoners, the challenges and difficulties that come with incarceration don’t end when they leave prison for the outside world.  Free from the monotonous routine and structured environment of prison, these men and women are thrown into a world that is unfamiliar, with little (if any) support structure, few contacts that will do anything other than lead them to reoffending, and bearing a “scarlet letter” that makes it virtually impossible to establish themselves as productive members of society.

Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview are partnering with WORLD News Group and Focus on the Family for the Restoring All Things Conference, an inspiring event taking place this April with stops in Grand Rapids, Atlanta, and Dallas.

On Friday, June 13, auto mechanic Bryant Collins was driving down Highway 72 in Georgia when he saw something peculiar on the side of the road.

“I had seen something out of the corner of my eye, and I thought it was a baby,” Collins recounted.