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Prison Fellowship was founded in 1976 by Charles W. Colson, a former Richard Nixon aide who served a seven-month prison sentence for a Watergate-related crime. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1979, Prison Fellowship International was founded as an international outreach to prisoners and a sister organization of Prison Fellowship.
Prison Fellowship International runs a child sponsorship program which aims to help needy children of prisoners with support in education and health care. [6] The Angel Tree Program is an outreach to the children of prisoners at Christmas. Members of local churches volunteer to sponsor these children by purchasing a gift based on information ...
Prison Fellowship organized the Virtual Second Chance 5K [23] for people to show support for Second Chance Month in their own communities. Registered participants received a special race packet including a runner's medal and race bib. April 23: On Capitol Hill, Prison Fellowship co-hosted a screening of Knife Skills with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
Ven. Thich Nhat Tu was born in 1969. After completing secondary high school, he became a novice at 13 years old, under the spiritual guidance of the late Most Ven. Thich Thien Hue at Giac Ngo Temple and received full ordination in 1988.
The first APAC prison was created in São José dos Campos, São Paulo in 1972. [3] [4] In the APAC prison model, there are no police officers or uniforms for the prisoners. [1] [3] One of the defining characteristics of APACs are the low recidivism rates of 15%, compared with the national average of 80%. [5] There are more than 100 APACs in ...
Phan Bội Châu (Vietnamese: [faːn ɓôjˀ cəw]; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940), born Phan Văn San, courtesy name Hải Thụ (later changed to Sào Nam), was a pioneer of 20th century Vietnamese nationalism.
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Võ Thị Thắng (10 December 1945 – 22 August 2014) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and stateswoman. She was a member of the Long An delegation to the National Assembly of Vietnam during its fourth, fifth, and sixth sessions (1975 to 1981).