I saw her face at the door of the pod. She was asking the officer if she could meet with me privately. She introduced herself and explained that this was her seventh time at the Juvenile Justice Center. I asked her age, thinking she was 16. But she was 13.

I recently met a 16-year-old at the Juvenile Justice Center.  He was sent there for committing rape and murder.  His attorney told him he was facing 30 years in prison.

Thank you for your partnership with us.  True Freedom Ministries is having a huge impact in the lives of so many inmates.  

Recently nine young men were baptized at the Juvenile Justice Center. It is amazing to see God’s redeeming grace! One of the young men who accepted Jesus and was baptized became incarcerated because of hanging around bad associates on the streets. He was guilty of breaking and entering.

Would you prayerfully consider making a monthly or one-time gift to support this amazing work that was commissioned by Jesus Himself (Mathew 25:36)?

A 17-year-old said, “Jail has been good for me.” Now back in school in the 11th grade, he is bathing regularly, exercising daily, sleeping adequately, and …

Would you prayerfully consider making a one-time end of the year donation to support our Juvenile Prison Ministry for 2019?  

Laboring faithfully among those incarcerated at the Juvenile Justice Center, Chaplain Jimmie Smith has built relationships with staff members and raised awareness in the community about True Freedom’s ministry to young people.

A young man who Chaplain Jimmy Smith lead to a personal faith in Jesus Christ at the Juvenile Justice Center, released on probation, moved in with his grandmother in Mentor and placed on house arrest. 

The Lord continues to change lives. Seven young men were recently baptized at the Juvenile Justice Center. One of these new believers…

God continues to use True Freedom’s chaplains to speak life to the spiritually dead. A 16-year-old at the Juvenile Justice Center was angry because his father died in his sleep of a…

A 17-year-old young man, who had not been in school for three years, recently testified that jail has been good for him. He did not know his father, and his mother was a drug addict. He lived…

On December 5th, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 16 young men were baptized. We had the privilege of baptizing 23 inmates earlier this year.

With the estimated 67,000 people in Cuyahoga County who are dependent on opioids, including prescription painkillers and heroin, our desire is to provide addiction recovery programming….

Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017.

Thank you so much for your support this year. Your partnership is vital to the rapid growth of True Freedom. Below are a few highlights through the end of October 2017!

On August 24th, 9 young men were baptized at the Juvenile Justice Center in Cleveland. After making first-time professions of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, they were instructed about the significance of baptism, and then they were immersed.

A 17-year-old boy survived getting shot seven times in a shoot-out with a rival gang. Two bullets could not be removed from his body. The doctor called him a miracle. During his stay at the Juvenile Justice Center (his eighth time in jail since he was 12 years old)…

In 2016 the administration at Grafton Correctional asked True Freedom to conduct character development classes to the men at the Grafton Reintegration Center (GRC).  On April 24th, 2017, a group of forty men began an intensive forty-five-week program based on the book of Proverbs.

Alpha For Prisons, a sister organization to Alpha International, provides prison-related resources, including the well-known Alpha course, to groups who minister inside of jails and prisons all across the country.