A prison seminary program is one of the first priorities for the new head of the state’s corrections system. South Dakota ...

Churches across the U.S. use Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program to build lasting relationships with families of ...

The leader of a downtown Mineral Wells ministry to low-income residents said Friday he supports the city’s plan to rein in ...

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, seated, centre-right) gives a press conference regarding an agreement reached on a 'limited desegregation plan' ...

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they engage with staff and other prisoners.

"During the retreat I heard a call from God to do my part," writes Daryl Grigsby. "I am not a chaplain or a religious sister. Yet, I am a gifted part of the Body of Christ." ...

Ministers and volunteers, like Pastor Stephen Rathod of Covenant Family Church, have been visiting inmates at the jail for many years. Rathod says it was always his desire to see the most serious ...

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WARREN — Members of Free Indeed Prison Ministries came together over the weekend to provide a special holiday celebration for children of the Mahoning Valley whose parents are incarcerated and will ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For thousands of children, the holidays can be a painful reminder of a parent behind bars. But Prison Fellowship, the nation's largest prison ministry is working to change that, ...

During a support group at San Quentin State Prison in 2019, Rev. Susan Shannon invited more than 30 men into a circle. For weeks, the group had been talking about grief and loss. On this day, Shannon ...

Inmate Carolyn Arnett approached a pastor at the all-women's McPherson Unit prison with something she wanted to get off her mind. Arnett, serving life in prison for her role in a killing in Greene ...