JW.org - Excerpt: Interview With Bollate Prison Official

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How a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Bollate prison helps prisoners lead better lives.

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Edited December 13, 2016 by rocket

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The prison director, Dr. Massimo Parisi, explains that the Bollate prison was built with the aim of rehabilitating prisoners: “One of our objectives is to ensure that people regain hope, and in order to do this, we use various methods. We consider of no less importance spirituality.” For the last 13 years, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been permitted to offer free Bible studies to prisoners. Dr. Parisi describes the results: “[The] Witnesses have been cooperating with us for years and their Bible education efforts have produced positive changes in some of our prisoners. . . . So in this light, we thought it was a good idea to set aside a space for the Witnesses to use to help these inmates reach their full potential.” On two occasions within the last few months, over 100 inmates attended the Witnesses’ services.

 

An exterior view of the prison in Bollate.   Here is the link to the article...

https://www.jw.org/en/news/releases/by-region/italy/bollate-prison-officials-provide-space-kingdom-hall/    

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