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Discovering Forgiveness

Helping prisoners to see the consequences of their crimes and feel remorse for their actions is what Prison Fellowship’s Sycamore Tree Project® is all about. One of the ways the programme accomplishes this is by showing offenders the impact that crime has on victims. Such was the case for juvenile prisoners (ages 16 and 17) taking part in PF Netherlands’ Sycamore Tree Project® known there as “Spreken over Schuld (SOS),” which means, “Speaking about Guilt.”

Helping Youth

A group of young men between the ages of 16 and 18 were the first to participate in PF Netherlands’ new Sycamore Tree Project®, held recently at the Youth Prison Teylingereind in Sassenheim.

A Simple Burglary

It looked like a tornado had hit, but what really happened felt much worse. Greet didn’t recognize her own home. Drawers were turned upside down, papers lay all over the floor and the shelves and tables that once held her most prized possessions were now bare. Her favourite jewellery, which held deep sentimental value and had been passed down from generations, were gone.