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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: In Prison

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‘The Professor’ Goes to Prison with Prison Fellowship

He's the viral video basketball king on social media—but in prison, he's just another guy on the yard.

By Emily Andrews
January 21, 2019
#GoesToPrison | In Prison | Prison Fellowship Academy | The Professor | Video
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Inside Virginia’s First Prison Fellowship Academy Graduation

Celebrate the first Prison Fellowship Academy graduation with the men from cellblock 350B.

By Grayson Pope
January 14, 2019
In Prison | Prison Fellowship Academy | Second Chances | Virginia
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Viewpoints: A Conversation About Respect

"I did my time at Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola or 'The Farm.' I had to learn how to have the respect of both staff and my fellow inmates to make the most of my sentence."

By Stacia Ray
September 18, 2018
Corrections Officer | In Prison | prisoner | respect
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Women of Impact Walking in Freedom

Prison Fellowship Academy graduate Darcy shares her testimony and the calling God has on her life as a woman of impact walking in freedom.

By Women of Shakopee
March 12, 2018
In Prison | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy
Under Pressure: A 'Lifer' Withstands Violence and Loneliness
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Under Pressure: A ‘Lifer’ Withstands Violence and Loneliness

'Prison has put a lot of pressure on me mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.'

By Emily Harris Greene
November 22, 2017
Angel Tree | California | Family | Family Ministry | In Prison | Salinas Valley State Prison | TUMI
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Making the Most of Holiday Visits with an Incarcerated Loved One

Christmas can be complicated—but never more so than when you have a loved one behind bars.

By Alyson R. Quinn
November 21, 2017
children of prisoners | Children with Incarcerated Parents | Christmas | Family | Family Ministry | Holidays | In Prison | In-Prison Ministry | Visitation
Three Ways the Church Can Respond to a Broken World
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Three Ways the Church Can Respond to a Broken World

We live in a broken society, but the Church is uniquely positioned to have a profound and lasting impact on the surrounding culture.

By Prison Fellowship
October 4, 2017
Angel Tree | Church | Families | In Prison | Reentry | Second Prison | sentencing
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Making Disciples in the Prison System

“He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.”  

Colossians 1:28 (NIV)  

 

Prison ministry, like all ministries, is not a single event but a process. The Church is called to make disciples, not simply converts.

By Mark Hubbell
November 21, 2016
Alaska | Discipleship | In Prison | Palmer Correctional Center | Reentry
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How One Little Prayer Box Is Changing a Prison

Often in life, God redirects our paths using unexpected means. Robyn, a woman serving a prison sentence in California, knows this truth firsthand. God has used her prison time to build her faith more than she thought possible.

Robyn is a student in an intensive Christian leadership training program offered by Prison Fellowship at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.

By Prison Fellowship
October 19, 2016
California | Chowchilla | In Prison | prayer box | Robyn
Humanizing Prisoners, One Book at a Time - feature
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Humanizing Prisoners, One Book at a Time

There is a transformative power in good literature. A book can transport us to faraway places and introduce us to characters from different times and eras. It can rouse the emotions, challenge perceptions, and engage the mind in ways that few things can.

By Steve Rempe
October 12, 2016
Dartmouth | education | In Prison | Literature | massachusetts | Quartz | Rand Corporation | Reading | recidivism | Reentry | UMass
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What Our Waiting Father Is Teaching Me in Jail Ministry

I’ve taught a Bible study in the local church for over 25 years. Once a week I would arrive about 15 minutes early, get my materials out, and chat with any of the women who came early while we waited for the others to arrive.

By Elizabeth Turnage
October 3, 2016
Elizabeth Turnage | In Prison | Patience | Prodigal Son | volunteer | Waiting Father
How a Deaf Man Heard the Voice of God in Prison - feature touching Bible
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How a Deaf Man Heard the Voice of God in Prison

Charles* is a prisoner who is serving a long sentence in a state prison. He attended weekly Bible study in the prison, not because he had any interest in God, but because the Bible study gave him some social time with outside folk who “spoke” his language—American Sign Language (ASL)—and it broke the boredom of his daily routine.

By Ron Friedrich
September 27, 2016
deaf | forgiveness | In Prison
Are Violent Criminals Redeemable - feature
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Are Violent Criminals Redeemable?

When Dr. James Gilligan started work as a prison psychiatrist in a medium-security facility in Massachusetts, he took with him a pre-formed perspective on the men he would be treating.

“I had been taught up to that point that violent criminals were untreatable sociopaths, that they would manipulate you,” he remembers.

By Steve Rempe
September 20, 2016
Fortune Society | In Prison | James Gilligan | massachusetts | Reentry | Violence | Violent Crime
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Dying for Your Sins

“Doesn’t the Bible say that murderers can’t go to heaven?”

That’s a question I was asked almost every week during my visits to the Cook County Jail in Chicago.

The inmate who started my weekly jail visits was a young deaf college student who, in a moment of rage, killed another deaf person at his school.

By Ron Friedrich
August 31, 2016
Chicago | Cook County Jail | deaf | deaf ministry | In Prison | Ron Friedrich
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Celebrating 40 Years of Transformation

As Prison Fellowship celebrates our 40th anniversary, we are reminded how important our ministry partners are in bringing about transformation in the lives of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. From in-prison volunteers, to prison officials, to local church ministries and transitional housing, there are many people that continue to “remember the prisoner” and seek to restore them to their communities.

By Steve Rempe
August 16, 2016
Angel Tree | denise harris | Detroit | In Prison | Michigan | Orchard Lake Community Presbyterian Church | Prayer Team | Reentry
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