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	pfnz.org.nz \| Prison Fellowship of New Zealand
		Prison Fellowship New Zealand is a volunteer-based Christian ministry with a vision to be a national movement of reconciliation and restoration within the Criminal Justice System.
		Firstly, Prison Fellowship is a provider of quality programs and services to the criminal justice sector, with a strong focus on restorative justice services.
		Prison Fellowship actively seeks to educate and inform the public about the needs of prisoners and their families, and victims.
	www.pfnz.org.nz (374 words)

	Prison Fellowship International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) comprised of national Prison Fellowship (PF) organisations from 112 countries.
		PFI Church-based volunteers seek to act as a relational bridge between prison and the community.
		The Angel Tree Programme is an outreach to the children of prisoners at Christmas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prison_Fellowship (537 words)

	Prison Fellowship Australia - state_homepage
		Communicating with prisoners in the maximum security prison is so difficult with 2 lots of strong wire fencing with at least 2m between them is quite daunting and visitors either side - on wooden forms- all shouting to make oneself heard.
		Prison Fellowship's passion is for those who are caught in the cycle crime, encouraging and enabling local churches to reach out with God's love, mercy and justice to, what some have described as, 'The Forgotten People Group' - those in prison, their families and the victims of crime.
		The camp was financed by Prison Fellowship supporters and the 15 leaders, from a Melbourne Anglican Church, were directed by Sharon Rutherford, a member of the Prison Fellowship Vic Council of management.
	www.pfi.org.au (673 words)

	Prison Ministry Network. Prison Fellowship Webpage of the member of International Network of Prison Ministries. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Prison Fellowship was founded by Chuck Colson, who served as special counsel to President Nixon and went to prison in 1975 for Watergate-related crimes.
		Established in 1976, Prison Fellowship has grown into the largest prison ministry in the world, partnering with thousands of churches and tens of thousands of volunteers.
		Prison Fellowship reaches out to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families both as an act of service to Jesus Christ and as a contribution to restoring peace to our cities and communities endangered by crime.
	prisonministry.net /pfm (254 words)

	Prison Fellowship Newsroom - Press Kit
		Based on the premise that at the heart of every criminal act is a destructive decision, Prison Fellowship volunteers and staff equip churches and communities to help prisoners, ex-prisoners, and youth at risk, reject crime and become contributing members of their families and communities.
		Prison Fellowship targets the root causes of crime by applying the principles of restorative justice (restoring criminals, victims, and the community) through comprehensive, faith-based programs.
		Because Prison Fellowship believes that to change a person’s behavior, you must first change his or her heart, biblical studies are a vital part of the in-prison program and mentoring.
	www.demossnewspond.com /pf/presskit/pfoverview.htm (736 words)

	MinistryWatch Summary Report
		Prison Fellowship ("PF") is a Christian ministry responding to the needs of prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims and those affected by crime.
		Prison Fellowship Ministries (PFM) was founded in 1976 as a direct outworking of Colson’s idea of promoting a ministry of “restoration” as the foundation of an authentically Christian form of justice.
		The prisoners had just been allowed out of a months-long lockdown (due to the murder of a guard), and were eager to take some action that would draw attention to their plight.
	www.ministrywatch.com /mw2.1/F_SumRpt.asp?EIN=620988294 (3390 words)

	Media Mouse: Prison Fellowship Ministries: The Far Right in West Michigan - Grand Rapids News & Independent Media
		Prison Fellowship Ministries is an evangelical ministry operated by convicted Watergate felon Chuck Colson.Prison Fellowship has a presence in the majority of prisons in the United States, in addition to an international presence in 88 countries.
		Prison Fellowship boasts that more than 150,000 prisoners participate in its Bible studies and seminars each year, while its newspaper is the most widely distributed prison newspaper in the United States.
		Prison Fellowship Ministries has been funded by the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, the Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, the Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation, the DeWitt Families Conduit Foundation, the Cook Charitable Foundation, and the Freiheit Foundation.
	www.mediamouse.org /resources/right.php?orgId=20 (302 words)

	Prison Fellowship Romania - Misiunea Crestina pentru Inchisori
		The lack of a postdetention activity and of a direct interaction with the person who was deprived of liberty determined Prison Fellowship Romania to develop and implement the first practical model of probation in Romania, the need for this activity being enormous.
		Prison Fellowship's logo has its correlation in Isaiah 42:3 "A bruised reed shall not be broken, and the smoking flax be not quenched: he shall be bring forth judgment unto truth."
		The symbol of the bruised reed illustrates the vocation of the Prison Fellowship of receiving people who are otherwise rejected by society and considered useless and not worthy of love, offering them the possibility of receiving restoration and the forgiveness of God.
	www.pfr.ro /en/prison-fellowship.php (123 words)

	Prison Links
		Deeply committed to working with prisoners, their families and other persons associated with the prison system to address the systematic violence within the prison-industrial complex.
		Prison massacres, dramatic protests, and violent guard abuse earn occasional news headlines, but the deplorable daily living conditions that are the plight of the great majority of the world's prisoners pass largely unnoticed.
		Also supports prisoners in the practice and study of the Buddhist teachings and promotes the Buddhist path of wakefulness and non-aggression as an ideal means of self-rehabilitation and transformation.
	www.heartsandminds.org /links/prisons.htm (2062 words)

	Prisoners' Families - Prison Fellowship
		Prison Fellowship partners with churches across the United States—and around the world—to share the love of Christ and serve the special needs of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, including the children.
		We know that prison is a tough time both for those who are confined and for their loved ones left at home to deal with loneliness, social rejection, financial strains, and other pressures.
		Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree ministry—which serves the children of prisoners—includes Angel Tree Christmas, Angel Tree Camping, and Angel Tree Mentoring.
	www.prisonfellowship.org /contentindex.asp?ID=87 (448 words)

	Prison Fellowship Canada
		PF Canada (Prison Fellowship Canada) is a Christian based ministry built on the commandment of Jesus to "visit Him in prison"(Matthew 25:36): to visit and encourage the Christian prisoner, ex-prisoner or family member, and to provide an opportunity for the non-Christian to discover Christ and hopefully develop a relationship with Him.
		Prison Fellowship works with clergy and chaplains to train and equip church laity to move into this unique and challenging marketplace of suffering and need.
		Prison Fellowship Canada invites you to express your faith in Christ in a practical way through this ministry.
	members.tripod.com /~PamelaWeir/pf.html (490 words)

	JusticeFellowship.org - Prison Fellowship
		Prisoners will emerge in January from a Jackson penitentiary to rejoin the outside world and, officials hope, avoid a return trip behind bars.
		This seems to be the greatest challenge facing the movement to eliminate prison rape.
		As GOP leader from 1984 to 1988, I led the fight for new prisons on the floor of the Assembly, leading to the most dramatic expansion of a prison system in history.
	www.justicefellowship.org (465 words)

	In-Prison Ministry - Prison Fellowship
		Our goal is for prisoners to become born again and grow as fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ.
		We work directly with prison chaplains to facilitate programming to assist in their ministry as pastors of the Church on the inside.
		Volunteers are formed into Ministry Delivery Teams that work closely with the chaplain and local churches to help the prisoner move through a continuum of discipleship that begins on the inside and continues to a successful transition back into society as a faithful servant of Christ.
	www.prisonfellowship.org /contentindex.asp?ID=25 (122 words)

	pfnz.org.nz \| Restorative Justice Services
		In 2003, Prison Fellowship New Zealand, in its submission to the Law and Order Select committee, argued that offenders must have access to processes designed to promote restorative justice between offenders and victims, while in prison.
		Prison Fellowship New Zealand provides a victim-offender facilitation service for victims or offenders (and their families/whanau) who wish to meet and explore the opportunities for restoration and reconciliation.
		At one stage she was considered too difficult to be looked after in a women’s prison, and was transferred to solitary confinement in a men’s prison.
	www.pfnz.org.nz /programs/restorative_justice_services.htm (1379 words)

	Prison Fellowship Ministries
		To accomplish this mission, Prison Fellowship recruits, trains, and mobilizes volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds and denominations to participate in a broad array of in-prison and community ministries.
		Prison Fellowship was founded in 1976 by Charles W. Colson, former Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon.
		Prison Fellowship was founded shortly after Colson's release with proceeds from his best-selling autobiography Born Again.
	www.charitywire.com /charity242 (210 words)

	Prison Fellowship International
		Prison Fellowship, headquartered near Washington, D.C., is the largest prison ministry in the world—with hub offices across the United States and ministries in more than 90 other countries.
		PF was able to take prison ministry to a significant new level in 1997, when the state of Texas—with the full backing of then-Gov. George W. Bush—opened up an entire prison unit to round-the-clock biblically based programming called the InnerChange Freedom Initiative
		In addition to its efforts to reach prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families, PF has developed numerous resources to help churches reach out to victims of crime.
	www.spiritrestoration.org /Church/prison-fellowship-international.htm (702 words)

	Prison Ministry Press - 4 Killed in Kyrgyz Prison Riots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Police killed two prisoners at a prison colony in Moldovanovka and another two at a jail in the village of Petrovka, both outside the capital, Bishkek, Deputy Justice Minister Sergei Zubov said.
		A Petrovka prison official who refused to give his name because of the sensitivity of the subject also said that three prisoners died, in contrast with the official toll of two for that prison.
		Injured prison system chief, Mukeyev, who joined the news conference toward the end with his left arm bandaged, said the situation in prisons was coming under control.
	prisonministry.com /article68.html (795 words)

	Anne Morse on Katrina & Prisoners National Review Online
		Richard Payne — a long-time Prison Fellowship employee who has spent the last eight days organizing relief efforts for thousands of New Orleans area jail and prison inmates — is used to this attitude.
		Prison Fellowship staff and volunteers are working round the clock to gather up and deliver these items.
		As Prison Fellowship Chairman Chuck Colson put it, “The Coast Guard members descending on cables with baskets to rescue people stranded on their roofs didn’t know if they were rescuing people living sinful lives or people living righteous lives.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/morse200509080820.asp (909 words)

	Prison Fellowship Ministries
		That Jesus Christ?s transforming grace and truth be manifested in the lives of prisoners and their families, as the local church and Prison Fellowship partner in Christ?s work to restore prisoners to the community and Church as contributing members, bearing witness that no life is beyond the reach of God?s power.
		Prison Fellowship is a nonprofit organization focused on one overriding vision: that all those involved in and directly impacted by crime will experience the Grace and Peace of Jesus Christ.
		Prison Fellowship was founded in 1976 by Chuck Colson.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /uwatl/org/6271367.html (252 words)

	Christian Prison Ministries on the Net - Church 2000
		Angel Tree, a ministry of Prison Fellowship, offers churches and volunteers the opportunity to minister to prisoners by providing gifts to their children at Christmas.
		Prison Fellowship Ministries is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization with one mission: exhort, equip, and assist the Church in its ministry to prisoners, ex-prisoners, victims, and their families, and to promote biblical standards of justice in the criminal justice system.
		We are not a church but a nondenominational, nonprofit prison ministry reaching convicts throughout the United States with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
	www.church2000.org /Links/prisons (295 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Wahhabi Prison Fellowship by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
		While not all recipients were prisoners, enough were that "Prisoner Number" and "Release Date" were standard fields in the database.
		A similar sampling of the Islamic literature available in federal and state prisons--both in libraries and distributed by prison chaplains--is needed to further our understanding of whatever extremist indoctrination has occurred and is occurring.
		prison system, where the latest plot for jihad on our soil was apparently hatched.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19531 (1385 words)

	IFIPrison.org - Prison Fellowship
		IFI operates in prisons in cooperation with the state.
		This mission of IFI is to create and maintain a prison environment that fosters respect for God's law and rights of others, and to encourage the spiritual and moral regeneration of prisoners.
		The first such United States prison program opened in Texas in April of 1997 through the cooperation of Prison Fellowship Ministries and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
	www.ifiprison.org (224 words)

	AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Evangelical Conversion-for-Parole Program Thwarted
		Prison Fellowship Ministries was a staggering loss not just for Earley's group but perhaps for key elements of President George W. Bush's "faith-based" initiative as well.
		Prison Fellowship had excluded all the prisoners who did not finish the program, in essence kicking its failures out.
		America is #1 - in the proportion of it's population that is kept in prison.
	alternet.org /rights/40324 (6692 words)

	CCI - Prison Fellowship
		Moreover, it is a joy to see few inmates complete their time and go back home to re-unite with their family as a new changed person to share the gospel with rest of the family members.
		We have a yearly orientation from Prison Fellowship.
		DISCLAIMER: Prison Fellowship, Penpal and AngelTree are not part of Christ Church of India.
	www.webcom.com /cci/prison1.html (542 words)

	Special Report - Prison Fellowship
		On June 2, 2006, a federal district court judge ruled that the innovative and effective InnerChange Freedom Initiative program in Iowa is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of church and state.
		Prison Fellowship and IFI will appeal the ruling all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.
		Below, Prison Fellowship has assembled news, background information, and perspectives on IFI and on this important case for the future of religious freedom in the U.S. IFI Decision Fact Sheet
	www.pfm.org /generic.asp?ID=2416 (200 words)

	Federal judge strikes down Prison Fellowship program - (BP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		DES MOINES, Iowa (BP)--A federal judge has ruled that Prison Fellowship’s InnerChange Freedom Initiative violates the First Amendment’s clause barring government from the establishment of religion and has ordered the program at an Iowa correctional facility be closed within 60 days and $1.5 million in state funds be repaid.
		The judge said the program, which is administered by the faith-based Prison Fellowship Ministries founded by Charles Colson to promote good-citizenship qualities in prisoners, amounts to the establishment of an evangelical Christian church within the walls of a state prison.
		Prison Fellowship has operated InnerChange at Iowa’s Newton Correctional Facility, about 23 miles east of Des Moines, since 1999 and currently serves about 210 inmates.
	www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?ID=23397 (1063 words)

	Prison Fellowship becomes latest church-state battleground - (BP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		DES MOINES, Iowa (BP)--Despite an impressive record of turning prisoners’ lives around, a faith-based program operated by Prison Fellowship is being challenged in federal court as unconstitutional.
		Prison Fellowship, which was founded by Watergate figure Chuck Colson, has operated InnerChange at the Newton facility since 1999.
		However, Mark Earley, president and chief executive officer of Prison Fellowship, told Baptist Press that the 18- to 24-month pre-release values-based program is constitutional because inmates must choose to become involved.
	www.baptistpress.org /bpnews.asp?ID=21948 (1055 words)

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