PRISONERS LEAD BETTER LIVES
The inmates are granted many special privileges due to their good behaviour. They are not locked up in cells with standard iron bars. These have been replaced with bright orange curtains so there is complete freedom of movement. They are allowed generous visiting hours with their families and this helps them form strong social ties which will assist with integrating them back into society upon their release. In many of the job creation programs in the prison, prisoners are entrusted with the use of a wide variety of tools normally prohibited in any other prisons. This allows the inmates to make money while being in prison so that they can support their families.
There has been no attempt by any prisoner to escape “Christ, the Only Hope.” There have been no riots either. If an inmate should cause any problems he is spiritually disciplined. His punishment is to pray, fast and read the Bible. Inmates are never put into solitary confinement. The lifestyle practiced in the Christian prisons has attracted other prison authorities. Judges also noticed that criminals wanted to be sent to these prisons. The authorities decided to send one of
Hector says: “No other prison would accept me. Nobody wanted me because of the nature of the crimes I had committed. The newspapers had thrown mud across my name and no prison dared to take me in. This is the only place that would accept me. When I first got here my family had abandoned me, so the director of the prison asked a pastor to come and visit me.
The Lord rescued me even though I was such a bad person who did terrible things. I believe He has put me here because He has a purpose for my life. To those who knew me before I came here – my transformed life is a testimony.”
