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An inmate for life, Jens Soeing tells stories of prison lif that are shocking ans inspiring. He confronts us with Jesus' challenge to love not only the least amongst us but those who are perceived as the worst amongst us.

The author explains how victims, offenders, and society at large can heal through the careful, considered and Christian application of the same key that freed Moses, David, and others to do great things after they broke the law. Each chapter begins with a fruitful Bible study, goes on to examine a crucial problem besetting our jails and penitentiaries, and ends with an interview that demonstrates how people are working today, in and out of pri...

In this remarkable book, Jens Soring, a convict serving two life sentences in a Virginia prison, uses Centering Prayer and Centering Practice to survive the daily misery of prison life--and shows how we can all transform our crosses, our prisons (literal or metaphorical), into the means of our salvation. It is both a learned work on contemplative prayer and a moving true story of personal redemption that shocks and inspires.

The United States has more people locked away in prison per capita than any other counters. Prison building is a multi-billion-dollar industry, and in some states more money is spent on prisons and prisoners than on education. Nearly one quarter of all prison inmates worldwide are housed in U.S. jails or penitentiaries, even though the United States has only five percent of the world's population. Yet, in spite of the vast amount of resources ...