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Nottoway Correctional Center Baptizes 36 + 9 in October 2024

Our seasoned Chaplain William Moore is one of GraceInside’s Regional Supervisors (Eastern and Central Regions), and also serves as Institutional Chaplain at Nottaway Correctional Center. Chaplain William always speaks kindly whenever you encounter him, and represents GraceInside with dignity, warmth and professionalism. On the amazing day of Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at Nottaway Correctional Center,

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The Gift of a Food Tray Leads an Inmate to the Light of Christ

easter2024 / By Meghan Wilson

by Chaplain Darrell Hunley, Pocahontas State Correctional Center Today I was working in my office in the prison when my inmate clerk jumped up and excitedly ran into the hallway. He had just seen an old friend. The two men had huge smiles on their faces, and they hugged each other like they were long

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An Inmate Becomes a Light for Jesus!

easter2024 / By Meghan Wilson

by “Larry,” an inmate at Green Rock Correctional Center I was raised in a Christian family and gave my life to Christ, asking Him to come into my life when I was 14 years old. However, by age 18 I had turned from Jesus, choosing to follow my own worldly desires and to “do my

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Sharing in the Light

easter2024 / By Meghan Wilson

by Jerusha Tiller, FCCW COVID hit institutions hard: schools, childcare programs, hospitals. retirement homes, nursing homes and prisons were affected. At Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, we had additional challenges like staffing shortage of both officers and volunteers, and as a result, our religious programs were affected. Our program numbers dwindled as schedules shifted and

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Dancing with Jesus

easter2023 / By Meghan Wilson

GraceInside is very blessed to have Chaplain Daniel Theiben set apart to minister to the men incarcerated in the Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VADOC’s) “Restorative Housing Units” (the most secure and lonely cells at the two highest security state prisons – Red Onion State Prison and Wallens Ridge State Prison – both located in Wise

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All of Us are Broken, but None are Beyond Hope

easter2023 / By Meghan Wilson

by Chaplain Nick Meyer, Coffeewood Correctional Center In October 2022, some inmates from the Spanish church group approached me to ask about getting baptized. I coordinated with a couple of volunteers who brought a 12-part teaching on baptism for the full church, approximately 30-40 inmates. By January 2023, they had finished these catechism classes and

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From Prison Food to Cajun Fried Chicken & Biscuits: Former Female Inmate Becomes Restaurant Franchise Director

rebirth2022 / By Lee Hargrave

The following letter was recently received by Chaplain Claudette Rodney (currently serving as GraceInside’s Chaplain at Beaumont Correctional Center in Powhatan, VA and as our Central Region Supervising Chaplain). At one time Dr. Rodney served as Chaplain for Brunswick Women’s Work Center and for Deerfield Women’s Work Center. It was during that timeframe that she

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