PRISON FELLOWSHIP: Prison Fellowship Academy

Veterans Day
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
Going Above and Beyond in Service of Veterans

The Prison Fellowship Academy class decided to honor veterans with cards, but it didn’t stop there.

By Steven Anthony
November 5, 2025
Oklahoma | Prison Fellowship Academy
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Freedom Is a Choice

Jerrid is serving a life sentence, but he’s learned the secret to finding meaning. You can, too—no matter what prison holds you.

By Lou Haviland
August 20, 2025
Prison Fellowship Academy
purpose
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Video
Update: Helen Graduates From the Academy!

Facing decades in prison, Helen wondered if her life had any purpose or meaning. She was surprised at the answer God revealed to her.

By Lou Haviland
May 14, 2025
Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Reentry
  • Second Chance Month
The Pastor Who Got a Second Chance

Pastor Quovadis Marshall opens up about his unlikely transformation from prisoner to pastor. And it all started with a second chance.

By Lou Haviland
April 2, 2025
Prison Fellowship Academy | Second Chance Month
freedom
  • Prison & Prisoners
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True Freedom—Behind Bars

Discover how incarcerated men and women in the Pacific Northwest are finding hope and purpose through Prison Fellowship Academy.

By Lou Haviland
February 19, 2025
pacific northwest | Prison Fellowship Academy
royal blue robes
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
From Prison Blues to Royal Blue Robes

After a long year of hard work, the women in class 35 of the Academy at Shakopee celebrated their accomplishments—with a little bit of whimsy.

By Lexi Aggen
May 29, 2024
Minnesota Correctional Facility–Shakopee | Prison Fellowship Academy
  • Prison & Prisoners
Books Behind Bars

Reading has the power to change a person’s life—including the lives of those behind bars.

By Lexi Aggen
March 13, 2024
Inside Journal | Prison Fellowship Academy
white and black prisoners worship together
  • Advocacy & Reentry
  • Families of Prisoners
  • Prison & Prisoners
Who Is My Neighbor?

Who is my neighbor? All we do—from within prison cells to halls of power—is in response to the biblical mandate "Love your neighbor as yourself."

By Maria Mallory White
June 3, 2021
Justice Reform | Prison Fellowship Academy | Who is My Neighbor?
woman sits by pool
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
The End of False Freedom

Terri used drugs at first because she thought they were fun. They made her feel strong. But soon, her addiction owned her.

By Joanna Breault
March 10, 2021
Drug Addiction | New York | Prison Fellowship Academy
prisoner listens during a prison fellowship class
  • Prison & Prisoners
  • Prison Fellowship Academy
The Power of a Prisoner’s Prayer

Developing prosocial, gospel-centered culture in prisons can foster restoration and help develop good citizens and change agents.

By Emily Andrews
February 24, 2021
Nebraska | Prison Fellowship Academy
female prisoner worships on the prison yard
  • Prison & Prisoners
‘I Have Hope for the Future’: One Woman’s Letter from a Nebraska Prison

Sammi’s faith and hope were fading fast. Then she joined Prison Fellowship Academy. Today, she isn’t the same woman who first walked into that Nebraska prison.

By Emily Andrews
January 5, 2021
Letters from Inside | Nebraska | Prison Fellowship Academy | Values of Good Citizenship
Masked woman waits outside
  • 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
in-prison volunteers
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  • Prison Fellowship Academy
How One Volunteer Discovered the Radical Truth of Prison Ministry

What made Lori a “perfect fit” for prison ministry wasn’t only her education or experience. It was a willingness to serve.

By Emily Andrews
August 25, 2020
Michigan | Prison Fellowship Academy | volunteer
Harley and Dawn
  • Prison & Prisoners
Keeping in Touch After Prison: How Academy Alumni Are Using Facebook In Reentry

A new, exclusive Facebook group allows Prison Fellowship Academy alumni to connect and support one another, even from afar.

By Emily Andrews
July 30, 2020
COVID-19 | COVID-19 Stories | Prison Fellowship Academy
Gio Rodriguez
  • Prison & Prisoners
The Drug-Dealer’s Son: From a Boot Full of Cash to a Heart Full of Christ

Gio Rodriguez met God in a jail cell. Then everything changed.

By Emily Andrews
July 28, 2020
Prison Fellowship Academy | Texas
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