There was a case in Australia quite some time ago (maybe late 80's) where a sister witnessing in a prison hooked up with a prisoner. How a female was in contact with a male prisoner I don't know, but it made the news and after that I heard that having sisters witnessing in prisons was no longer allowed. I never did get all the details regarding the outcome - so may have been some hear-say involved.
Do JW sisters preach at prisons?
by purplesofa 24 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Kenneson
The 2 prisons I visit have JWs who also visit on a regular basis. I see JWs women who also visit at the women's prison, but it is always a man who is in charge.
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willyloman
In our old congo, there was a "sister" was married to a guy who had served time for manslaughter. They moved to our area after they wed in order to be close to her mother, who was a member of the congregation. She had begun writing to him in prison on a pen pal basis after he placed an ad in a newspaper. She said she wrote to him initially to place literature and witness to him (according to her). Love, or something like it, blossomed and they got married at a wedding chapel the day he got out.
So, yes, this "JW sister" definitely preached at a prison, however informal the arrangement. She was lonely and not very bright. Both she and her children paid an awful price - which is another long, painful story.
The question raised by the OP is from the current headlines, of course. I read the "JW connection" in one of the news feeds on Jaycee Dugard and wondered about it, too. I haven't been able to find any news that the creepy perp was dub-connected, nor to what extent his wife was, if at all.
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purplesofa
I think about the counsel we got from the platform when picking out a mate, and all they ask you to think about in determining if they are spiritual enough, how well they do in social situations, do they go out in service, can they provide for you, etc etc........get to really know each other.
It's sad to me that sisters marry men while they are in prison, or just out of prison. Not saying true love could not be found that way. I guess if they can bring them over to the JW way of thinking, it's better than any old worldly man NOT incarcerated.
AK-Jeff............amazing that many people show up to witness at a prison. I guess it beats working territory or hanging around parking lots.
I can see where prisoners would welcome the study.
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purplesofa
I think she did preach to him,
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/01/BANS19GU6D.DTL
How Garrido got out the first time
here is the paragraph
When Garrido subsequently appealed his sentence, however, his lawyer said he was getting help in prison and had become a Jehovah's Witness. In a handwritten letter to a judge in March 1978, Garrido said he was ready for a chance to "get my life in line."
"I am so ashamed of my past. But my future is now in controle (sic)," he wrote.