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Up one levelWeeding Out the Roots of Resentment
When the harm inflicted continues on a daily basis, it can be hard to forgive the perpetrator. Read how a PF staff member struggled with this issue and learned to forgive.
Fighting Disease
When an outbreak of Chicken Pox threatened the entire population of Monrovia Central Prison, PF Liberia stepped in to help. Read how they stopped the disease from spreading and helped save countless lives.
PFI Welcomes Four New Ministries
Four new countries joined the now 114 countries worldwide that are part of Prison Fellowship International. Read about these new Prison Fellowship Ministries.
Unity amidst Diversity
Judges shared the stage with former prisoners. Politicians participated in workshops with prison officials. People from all over the world with differing backgrounds came to the PFI World Convocation, but all had a shared mission and common passion...
The Impact of Radical Forgiveness
The group of young women filtered one-by-one into the dimly lit rooms in heavy silence. They were nearing the end of their 16-day visit to Rwanda and were visiting the Murambi Technical School that is now a genocide museum housing the mummified bodies of more than 50,000 Rwandans, who were brutally killed there during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Halfway to a Better Future
What now?? Most released prisoners ask this question when they face life after prison. Often estranged from family and friends and with few resources, many prisoners will revert back to the behaviour that originally led them to prison.
Prisoners Offer Help to Suffering Community
Nearly 50,000 prisoners in Kenya gave up their lunch to help famine victims.
Training to Make it on the Outside
It is estimated that more than 60 percent of released prisoners will re-offend and be returned to prison largely because they have not been able to support themselves. Find out what PF Zambia is doing to change the statistics
A Path to Peace
When Boyce killed the man, he did not think of the wife who became a widow, or the child who became an orphan...until six years later when Boyce became a Christian.
A Ministry of Many Rewards
Can a bank robber sent to prison for the third time really be redeemed? Find out how Washington Okumu not only turned his own life around, but is now helping others to change as well.
Freeing Children from Prison
When one or both parents are in prison, many young children must be incarcerated with them. Find out how PF has helped free little children from the drudgery of prison in Zimbabwe.
Preparing Inmates for Freedom
Many released prisoners say they returned to crime, and prison, because they had no choice. Learn how PFI worldwide is helping released prisoners stay away from crime and out of prison.
Indescribable Joy
How do prisoners condemned to die or survivors of genocide find joy in life? On a recent trip to Africa, PFI staff and supporters found joy in some very unlikely places.
Working Together, Staying Together
In Benin, prisoners are working alongside their spouses to help keep their families together.
A Prison Education
Prisoners in Malawi are learning how to read and write thanks to a PF sponsored education project that began with a caring prisoner.
From Vacation to Vocation
Shortly after taking a vacation in The Gambia, David and Fiona Fulton decided to go back indefinitely so they could help the prisoners there.
Healing in Rwanda
Peace is slowly returning to the wounded nation of Rwanda. Learn how PF Rwanda is helping to bring reconciliation to the survivors of one of the worst genocides in recent history.
Reaping What They Sew
A PF Guinea-Conakry prison workshop is bringing hope to prisoners who are learning how to be productive and earn money while still in prison.
On Death Row
Prisoners on death row, once rioutous and violent, now sing of joy.
