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Prison Work

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Tough Talk In Prisons DVD
A short video demonstrating the Tough Talk Team in action delivering their testimonies at various Prisons.

 

--	TOUGH TALK PRISON MINISTRY
The aim of the Tough Talk prison ministry is to share, unconditionally, the Gospel of God's Grace, and to tell of the saving power of His Son Jesus Christ. For many years now, we have travelled the length and breadth of the UK as well as Russia, South Africa, USA and other countries, visiting at least one prison per week, sometimes two. We are regularly asked questions about this ministry such as: Why do you do it? Are you scared? Is it worth it? Is it effective? We answer that we do it because we believe in the life-changing power of Jesus, through His Holy Spirit. At times it can be frightening, but we really believe that sharing our testimonies and Jesus' love for all has great value. The effect our visits have can sometimes be amazing ….we have often heard later of men coming to faith and lives changed. However, we would still carry on this work even if we did not hear such reports since we are convinced that this is why God has brought Tough Talk together. Here are a few statistics....... The New Economics Foundation said in an article in The Times earlier this year in a call to cut costs in youth custody. …." Locking up a young criminal costs the taxpayer £140k per year and makes him/her more likely to re-offend or be unemployed in later life. In February 2010, 2195 children aged 10-17 were held in custody in England and Wales. [ and perhaps as many as 600 in Scotland]. Prison costs six times more than sending a child to Eton" Most criminals are victims of crime before they become the perpetrators and most often it starts with abuse or neglect in the home. 65% grow up without a father for some or all of their lives. 70% have considered suicide. 80% will commit another crime on release. 90% have used drugs. We do not know the answer to this huge problem or how to rehabilitate someone, but we do know that Jesus can change a life, as He did ours. So the work will go on ! We have received several encouraging letters from prison staff after our visits. Here is one from the Chaplain at the Secure Training Centre, Rainsbrook: “I just want to say a HUGE thank you to Arthur and Ian following on from their visits to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre. Their message focused on “the consequences of our actions” and “our ability to make choices” was a powerful one linked to a very real hope for the future. More importantly, though, was that the good news of Jesus Christ was put across in a “powerful” way, as Ian and Arthur used the power lifting alongside their amazing testimonies of God at work in their lives. The afternoon session has stuck in the minds of several of our young people and paved the way for many more in-depth conversations, both with staff and young people. Here are brief reports of prison visits that the guys have made this year:

--	PRISON VISITS DURING NOVEMBER 2011
The team made visits to 5 prisons during the month and at several gave two sessions
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING NOVEMBER 2011
The team visited 5 prisons during November and in some gave two sessions
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING DECEMBER 2011
The team visited 5 prisons during December and in some gave two presentations
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING JANUARY 2011
The team visited three prisons during January.
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--	PRISON VISITS DURNG FEBRUARY 2011
The team visited 5 prisons during the month of February
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING MARCH 2011
The team visited three prisons during the month of March 2011
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING APRIL 2011
The team made visits to 7 different prisons during April. On one weekend, Tough Talk team members were at 3 separate prisons and at one prison, Strangeways, Manchester, two meetings were taken.
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING MAY 2011
The team visited 7 prisons during May. A highlight was a visit to HMP Magilligan in Northern Ireland. We have already received a letter from one of the guys in that prison saying how Ian and Arthur's tgestimonies had challengd him. He was also greatly affected by reading the Tough Talk testimony book and has been asked by other inmates for a chance to read it.
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING JUNE 2011
A Tough Talk team visited 4 prisons during June and in some of these, more than one presentation was made. We received a very encouraging response from the Chaplain of one of the prisons visited in June and here is an extract from his letter: "Just a brief note to say what a great time we had with Tough Talk.....This visit took place in the middle of a visit from both Her Majesty's Inspectors of prisons and Ofsted Inspectors. The Inspector stayed in for the whole of one presentation and in the end-of-week feedback described the afternoon as "inspirational" mentioning that one could have heard a pin drop. He also asked if we had any objection to his mentioning Tough Talk by name in the final HMI report. I said that I could see no objection".
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--	PRISON VISITS IN JULY 2011 The team visited 5 prisons during the month and all meetings were very well attended and we received good reports from the Chaplains. We have also received letters from inmates who had been challenged upon hearing the
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING AUGUST 2011
The team visited 5 different prisons during the month of August 2011
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING SEPTEMBER 2011
The team made presentations in 4 prisons during September
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--	PRISON VISITS DURING OCTOBER 2011
The team gave presentations in 6 prisons during October 2011
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