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PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee

the long hard road
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Dear Younger Me: The Long Hard Road

Susan trusted herself over God, and it led her to a life of crime and incarceration. In this letter, she writes to her younger self what she has learned over the years.

By Women of Shakopee
January 25, 2018
Dear Younger Me | Incarcerated Women | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Shakopee
Incarcerated Women Express Themselves Through Art
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Incarcerated Women Express Themselves Through Art

Prison Fellowship Academy is changing lives through Christ.

By Women of Shakopee
January 22, 2018
Incarcerated Women | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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The One Thing I Need to Know About God in Prison

"I've known God throughout my life but never on an intimate level."

By Women of Shakopee
January 15, 2018
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | women in prison
loneliness
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How I Deal with Loneliness While Serving My Prison Sentence

Kelly from Shakopee shares how she deals with loneliness while serving her prison sentence.

By Women of Shakopee
November 14, 2017
Incarcerated Women | Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Shakopee
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‘Am I Really Leaving Prison?’

Emily is leaving Shakopee for the world outside, and it's a lot to process.

By Women of Shakopee
October 9, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Reentry | Shakopee
joy in heart heart of a lifer
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Joy in the Heart of a prisoner

"I live a simple life now, but I have an overflowing joy that puts a smile on my face."

By Women of Shakopee
September 26, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Shakopee
My Journey with Prison Fellowship Academy
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My Journey with Prison Fellowship Academy

"Over time our love for each other became weaker, and our love for drugs became stronger."

By Women of Shakopee
July 25, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | prison letters
grief and fear incarcerated
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Letters From Inside: Grief and Fear Incarcerated

"I may not understand the purpose for this right now, but I can trust Him with my health and life."

By Women of Shakopee
June 12, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
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Letters From Inside: Motherhood Behind Bars

I am not proud about coming to prison and the time I've spent away from my only son, but God needed to save me from the life I was living or I wouldn't have been a mother much longer.

By Women of Shakopee
May 12, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
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Letters From Inside: Complete Freedom in Prison

My name is Angelina, and I have complete freedom, even though I am in prison at Shakopee.

By Women of Shakopee
April 21, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
Woman looking up to the sky in a dark room.
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Letters From Inside: Former Murderer on God’s Love for Incarcerated Women

It wasn't until I was 15 years into my 30-year-plus life sentence before I gave my life to Christ.

By Women of Shakopee
March 14, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
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Unlock Casey’s ‘Second Prison’

Meet Casey Irwin. She served time in three separate facilities for "a couple of drug possessions and a DUI or two." A self-proclaimed hermit, she didn't want help from others in staying clean. But when she ended up in Shakopee for 14 months, Casey knew something had to change.

By Emily Harris Greene
March 10, 2017
Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
Women prison ministry letters from inside
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Letters From Inside: What It Takes to Be a Leader in Prison

I have been incarcerated for four years. I have learned that God doesn't see me as a [number], but He sees me as Emily. I am a child of the one true King, highly favored and dearly loved!

By Women of Shakopee
February 21, 2017
Letters from Inside | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy | Shakopee
IFI Arkansas women
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‘I Was an Egocentric Woman …’

In June, six women graduated from Prison Fellowship’s InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI), an intensive faith-based program, at Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee. One of the graduates shared how participating in the program has changed her entire perspective:

“Before coming to IFI, I was a self-centered, egocentric, selfish woman.

By Zoe Erler
September 14, 2016
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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The One Who Never Leaves

On a recent trip to Minnesota, I visited with the ladies who are part of the InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI) unit in Shakopee, the only women’s prison in the state. I asked them, “If you could tell the people who support this program anything, what would you say?”

By Jim Liske
June 27, 2014
InnerChange Freedom Initiative | Minnesota | Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee
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