When Ravenna’s Bill Barber accepted a 2024 Voice of Hope Award last May from Diocese of Youngstown’s Catholic Charities, he did so on behalf of all the diocesan Prison and Jail Ministry Volunteers.

Initiated by a pair of seminarians more than 40 years ago, Prison Ministry India is now a nationwide effort, with more than 8,000 volunteers serving inmates in 1,300 jails. Participants gather for the ...

There may come a time when those behind bars ask for a little guidance. That's where two jail chaplains and an immense support group in Tulare County come in. But to keep the Good News Jail and Prison ...

“God bless you guys,” said one mother as she and children left, with toys in tow. That was a familiar refrain on Saturday at the Henderson County Detention Center, as the Blue Ridge Prison and Jail ...

The Mesa County Jail is offering their inmates something to believe in, hoping to use religion as motivation for change. There are many different religions in the world, some we study once a week and ...

A prison ministry program, run by former Nixon aide Charles Colson to reform Texas inmates, is leading some critics to question the legality of religion in state prisons and the exclusion of ...

It’s almost like any other church: a choir, a spiritual sermon — a congregation dressed in orange. It’s called Moving Forward ...

SHERRY VAN ARSDALL | THE GOSHEN NEWSAT LEFT, Doug Cuney, and his friend and employer, Justin Moyer, of Moyer Electric Inc. ELKHART — Two years ago, Doug Cuney stood in the middle of his jail cell, ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. — Jail is the last place anyone meeting Dottie Porter for the first time might expect to find the engaging 80-year-old. Nonetheless, Porter has a standing date at the Lowndes County ...

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is offering another avenue for defendants being held at the county jail to change their lives. A new program is encouraging them to “encounter Christ” to ...

Chaplain Michael Hamm compares his life to a James Bond movie. To be precise, he says he’s lived enough to fill five action films. The 70-year-old Polk County resident is a war veteran, a businessman, ...