For years, Nathan’s past would haunt him. Guilt consumed his thought life by day and ushered in nightmares by night. “I used to think about what I did and have lots of bad dreams. Sometimes I would cry in bed and just say, ‘God, why me?’” Nathan writes from his cell...
As an atheist for most of his life, Richard had a “prove it” mentality. In order for him to believe something, he needed evidence that he could see. For Richard, that left faith in God out of the question. That is until he landed in prison. After serving fifteen...
Joshua knows what it feels like to be truly alone. He knows the pain and bruises that come from hitting rock bottom. He also knows the joy of being rescued. When Joshua was sent to prison, he was in a unit without a telephone, and he didn’t have the resources to...
Locked away in a segregation unit in a Massachusetts prison, Patrick’s thoughts are thousands of miles away in Kenya where his nephew was shot and killed a month ago. When he first heard the news of his nephew’s death, a close friend came to visit him and brought some...
If you were incarcerated, and you had a chance to return to court, contest your sentence and possibly be released early, would you seize that opportunity? Crossroads student John was presented with just such an opportunity—but he chose to stay in prison. Arrested on...
