by Eliezer Yeong | May 22, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
CBI Singapore is looking beyond its borders and extending its prison ministry into nearby Cambodia. Under the guidance of campus director Paul Tan, CBI lessons are delivered to students in Cambodia’s Takeo Correctional Center 3 by an on-site coordinator and a local...
by Eliezer Yeong | May 14, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
CBI India celebrated Mother’s Day with women behind bars in Manipur this Sunday. Ministry staff members conducted a special worship service featuring a time of prayer for the facility’s mothers, some of whom raise their children in the jail. Gifts were...
by Eliezer Yeong | May 13, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
When he was eighteen years old, Chuck came up with a plan. He would break into a house and go to prison. From there, he could relocate to a bigger city and start over. Chuck’s childhood had been so characterized by neglect, rejection and dysfunction that he could...
by Eliezer Yeong | May 1, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
This spring, CBI Australia extended its ministry to the women at Buimo Jail in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The response from prisoners there marked a historic first for CBI. Fieldworker Terry West reported that one hundred percent of women who qualified for the program...
by Eliezer Yeong | Apr 24, 2013 | Latest News, Uncategorized
While offenders in the United States face problems such as mass incarceration, poor indigent defense and mandatory minimum sentencing legislation, offenders in the developing world often face conditions that are not only unjust but life-threatening. Prison conditions...
