Articles

Prison Art Competition 2006

The annual art exhibition was held at the Wesley Arcade on Tuesday the 13th of June. It was officially opened by Mr Ron Nikkel who is the World President of Prison Fellowship International.

Albany Regional Prison - A Profile

In going to prison men lose not only their freedom, dignity and self respect, depression easily and frequently slips in. Encouraged by Prison Chaplains and prison staff, Albany prisoners have organized a peer support team.

From the Other Side of the Wire

On the morning of my release I went to see my closest and dearest friend. We both hugged each other and cried. How would I cope without her sincere thoughts and guidance?

Encountering the Unexpected in Prison

Last week a young man who had been transferred to another prison said in a letter to another prisoner how he appreciated what the PF team had done. Another man who is still there told us that a visit and a hug by a Christian couple had made him "feel human". Later a senior team member and I gave that brother a hug.

Restoration, Forgiveness and Justice

After seeing the horror in Rwanda first-hand, I am more convinced than ever of the radical and reconciling message of Jesus Christ because I have seen the evidence in the lives of Tutsi victims and survivors who are forgiving their enemies, thereby releasing themselves from captivity to anger and revenge.

A role in the reduction of crime in our state?

The call for harsher punishment is one of the loudest voices we hear in any debate on crime and there are crimes that shock the very foundations of society and those calls gather more voices of support.

The Gospel of Grace

It is said that every saint has a history and that every sinner has a future. Who would have thought that John Newton could go from the lucrative exploitation of human beings, to being a passionate preacher of the Gospels?