PRISON NETWORKING GROUP

Working together to provide a continuity of care for the follower of Christ determined to get out and stay out of prison. 

Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV) "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."

Next Online Meeting: Monday, April 27, 2026 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

If you wish to attend, please contact releasedforgood.wrfy@gmail.com. 

Notes from Last Two Meetings

Notes from 30 Mar 2026

Notes from 23 Feb 2026

Active Member Organizations

Alpha for Prisons https://alphacanada.org/prisons/

Brockville Dismas https://dismasfellowshipnetwork.com

Circles of Support and Accountability (Ottawa) https://cosa-ottawa.ca

Commissioned to Care

Connecting Streams https://www.connectingstreams.com

Jericho Road Ministries https://www.jerichoroad.ca  Here is a post about the PNG: https://www.jerichoroad.ca/post/prison-networking

Leydi Campos Canadian Women's Foundation Inc.

Love Soluble https://lovesoluble.ca/

M.A.P. Reintegration https://www.mapreintegration.ca

Monica Prayer Ministry https://www.monicaprayerministry.ca/

Net Menders Alliance www.netmenders.org

New Connections Ministries http://newconnections-ministries.org

New Life Prison Ministries https://nlpm.ca

Ottawa Adventist Church https://ottawaon.adventistchurch.org/

Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (Chaplains Marvin Sinclair and Dohman Williams)

Parish of the Valley (Anglican churches in the Ottawa Valley)

Prison Fellowship Canada https://prisonfellowship.ca

Redemptive Grace Prison Ministries https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-atkins-p-eng-73660810/?originalSubdomain=ca

Released for Good www.releasedforgood.com     https://www.youtube.com/@releasedforgood/

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa

Teen Challenge Eastern Ontario Men’s Centre https://www.facebook.com/teenchallengeeasternontariomenscentre

The Big Give www.thebiggive.ca

Whitestone https://www.whitestonecanada.ca

We would welcome more.  Please reach out to us.

Background

The Prison Networking Group (or PNG for short) was a monthly opportunity for me as the Coordinating Chaplain of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre to meet with my Christian volunteer group leaders, as well as representatives from community agencies that work directly with inmates. It was a time of fellowship that allowed us to update each other on what was going on and to pray together. When I retired on March 31, 2021, I could not bear to lose touch with that amazing network.

I want the PNG to be a place where individual followers of Christ who are interested in prison ministry and inmate aftercare can meet on a regular basis. At present, this means online video conferencing with the following agenda:

  • Welcome
  • Permission to record
  • Group Photo
  • Devotional and Opening Prayer
  • Welcoming new PNG members
  • Business arising from notes from the last meeting
  • Update on OCDC news: Rev. Marvin Sinclair, current Coordinating Chaplain
  • Presentation (if any)
  • Brief sharing by each participant about how their ministry is going and how we can specifically pray for them
  • Next Meeting Date & Time
  • Closing Prayer Time
  • All who can are invited to stay and pray further for the needs expressed in the meeting.