Safe Harbor Bringing Freedom for the Prisoner
Safe Harbor “Port"
Two Federal Prisons
Our primary prison “ports” in 2011 are two federal
prisons in New Jersey, FCI Ft. Dix and FCI Fairton
where we facilitate an intensive re-entry program called Threshold. Developed by two federal chaplains
& The Change Company, this curriculum stimulates the inmates and us (the facilitators!) to “continue along a life journey, recognizing that it’s a struggle…
Safe Harbor “Stories"
Mr. WM, 49, white male: I thought coming here to Ft. Dix [federal prison, housing 5000 male inmates] would be the end of the world, but I am now finding that this is a “stepping stone” to a new life. This re-entry program [which Safe Harbor brings me every week] has allowed me to reach out to a whole bigger world- a new life perspective & relationships ...
Safe Harbor Sounding
The name, Safe Harbor, actually came from a Sandi
Patty song, but the ministry itself was birthed in 1984.
been appointed by her pastor to head up a prison
ministry. Her initial assignment: go into the maximum security facility at Rahway, New Jersey as a volunteer
assistant to the chaplain...