Meredith Osterhaus and her husband, Joshua, moved to the Chattanooga area in the summer of 2021. She is a 4th grade teacher at Middle...

At Prison Prevention Ministries, our prevention speakers are invaluable. One of these speakers is a man named Timm Szostek. Timm came...

When Ayden first arrived at InZone this fall, he was struggling with his grades and getting into trouble at school-like most of the...

“Raised without a father, a mother who was a drug addict, in a neighborhood that had a lot of gangs,” is Dustin Hayes' explanation for...

Katherine Cauley is the creator of Free is Free Indeed, a Christian blog and apparel company seeking to show people how God invites them...

Shelby Kilgore found her way to Prison Prevention through a coworker who had heard one of PPM’s presentations at her school. She already...

Bashaar Alhussieni was introduced to Prison Prevention Ministries through his mother, who met one of our PPM staff members, Gretrell...

Darrin was a married man with two beautiful children and a successful business of his own. Today he has been incarcerated 18 years for...

Fred Boeninger has been teaching a PPM Bible study at Walker State Prison for many years, but he’d never been on a tour. Recently he...

“You could see the difference in the inmates who participate in our prison ministry and those who don’t,” says Seth Faler, member of the...

Mark has five grown daughters and seven granddaughters. As a resident of Walker Faith and Character Based Prison, he was invited to speak...

Jeremy was raised in a single parent household with a mother who loved and provided for him, but they lived in the projects where drugs...

James came to know Jesus as the promised Messiah in 2003 at Hays State Prison (Trion, GA). Attending chapel there he met Joseph Nathan...

Mickey grew up in the inner city of Chattanooga, TN surrounded by a family destroyed and devastated by alcohol and drug addictions....

How do you keep a kid out of prison? Start by creating relationships. As Joe Smith often says, “Just love on them!” Carolyn Drew holds...

Don Mitchell began ministering in Hamilton County Jail in the early 90s. Through the years, he has served under different chaplains and...

It was another great evening! As part of tonight's study, we talked about creating "battle" strategies to defend against the enemies...