In a quiet corner of a prison unit, I asked Michael what brought him to prison. He shared that he was raised in a family where both his mother and father worked outside the home. A nanny cared for the children in their absence. He told me she was religious, and the...
“When I met Christ in prison, everything changed—my life turned completely.” Sentenced to eight years, Ángel entered prison trapped in the same patterns that had defined his life—crime, addiction, and hopelessness. Even behind bars, he continued down that path. But...
When Manuel entered prison, he felt overwhelmed with shame, confusion, and loneliness. He had been running away from God for nearly 15 years, focused on his own plans and ambitions. But behind bars, stripped of everything familiar, Manuel found himself searching for...
“I couldn’t change through my own strength. But from the day I followed Jesus, everything changed.” For more than 20 years, Samuel was trapped in addiction, crime, and a cycle he couldn’t escape. He described himself as a “hardcore drug addict,” living a life that...
“I was not a Christian before I came to prison,” shared Brooke in an interview with Crossroads staff members. “Even before I came to jail, I spent my life as an Odinist.” But after entering the prison system, someone encouraged her to give God a chance. “So I did,...
As we sat across from each other in a prison unit, Eric looked me in the eye and began to describe the path that led him into incarceration. He described a mother and father who did their best to raise him. Even so, he spoke of an “absentee father” and times when his...
