PRISONS
(See also Concentration Camps; Custody; lands by name)
attitude of Witness if imprisoned: bt 216-217
getting along with other Witnesses: w24.03 16
Bible times: it-2 689-690
dangers in visiting: w96 8/15 27-28
dungeon: it-1 659
Egypt: w14 11/1 14-15
jailers: it-1 1250; it-2 690, 1115; rs 173
stocks: nwt 1713; w99 2/15 27
birds used to soften inmates (South Africa): g00 5/8 25
conditions: g01 5/8 6-7
corresponding with prisoners: km 4/03 7; km 12/89 7
cost: g01 5/8 5; g88 2/22 30
discussion: g01 5/8 3-10
drugs:
innovative smuggling: g95 12/8 29
effects: g01 5/8 5
youthful inmates: g94 5/8 29
experiences: w05 12/15 9-12; g02 1/8 30; yb98 11-12; yb97 82-83
19-year-old Witness girl during ban: g95 4/22 18-21
assemblies allowed: jv 514-515
authorities revert to one Witness per cell: yb07 116
baby born in prison: yb02 167-169
baptism: yb03 126-127; yb01 182; yb00 183-184; w98 10/15 28
Bible called a dictionary by inspector: w05 9/1 9
Bible studies: yb03 57; g97 3/8 23; w92 7/15 23-26
Brüggemeier family: w06 12/1 12-14
circuit overseer stays four nights: w96 11/15 19
comments by prisoners on Bible education: g01 5/8 9
conduct after release impresses fleshly sister: yb14 63-64
congregations within: yb99 205-207
cruel guard challenges Jehovah: yb01 183
Dominican Republic: yb15 94-97, 107-109, 120-121
drug dealers: g19.1 9; yb15 142-143; yb13 136-137; w02 2/1 27
elderly man in penal camp: yb08 99
Eritrea: w20.11 32; yb17 32; w16.10 25; yb15 37; yb14 29; yb13 35; yb11 24; yb06 14; g 10/06 30
escape artist: yb05 121-122
families: yb97 110-111
father in prison teaches children: g04 8/22 9-10
first-person account of Witnesses held hostage: g97 8/22 30; g96 11/8 18-21
fleshly sister patiently visits: w96 2/15 25-26
food provided: yb04 219-220; w96 11/1 24-25
four years in prison: w24.01 31
Garnovskaya, Valentina (Soviet Union): w19.07 6; w09 4/15 9-10
Graichen, Rudolf (Germany): w97 8/1 22, 24-25
grandson’s murderer: w11 8/15 19; yb11 62-63
guard accepts truth 20 years later: yb88 153
guard learns truth: w89 6/1 25-27
guards secretly interested: yb02 199-200
Gudlikies, Franz (East Germany): w99 6/1 22
Haffner, Erzsébet (Hungary): w04 8/1 21-23
Haiti: w06 12/15 10-11
Hanák, Andrej (Hungary): g02 4/22 20-21
Henschel, Horst (East Germany): g98 2/22 15-16
high-security prison: w92 7/15 25-26
imprisoned circuit overseer: w87 1/1 14-15
inmate appreciates Witness prison work: yb16 70-71
inmate defends Witness: w92 7/15 23-24
inmate finds Watchtower: yb08 59-60
inmate receives Christian Scriptures: yb02 178-179
inmate removed from the congregation reinstated: g01 11/22 20-22
inmates accept truth: g 11/07 25; w05 6/15 16-17; g01 11/22 19-20, 22; yb00 183; g00 10/22 21; w97 12/1 6; w90 1/1 6; w89 6/1 26-27; w86 4/1 6
inmates appreciate truth: g16.2 4; w00 3/15 8-9
inmates awaiting execution: w25.01 6-7; yb07 144-145; w05 12/15 11; yb98 76-77; w97 1/1 3-4
inmates get over being violent: wp16.4 11
inmate studies, then trusted by authorities: bt 212
interested man stays faithful: yb92 178
interrogation: lfs article 13; w24.06 27
Ishii, Matsue (Japan): yb98 69-70
jailer in women’s prison: yb99 58
Jones, Stanley E. (China): w19.07 3-4; jv 490
Kaptola, Yurii (Soviet Union): w05 9/1 9-11
keeping positive attitude: yb02 198, 202; w01 5/1 15-16; w86 6/1 11, 28-29
keeping spiritually strong: yb03 129-130; yb96 99-100
King, Harold G. (China): w19.01 24; w15 2/15 31-32; jv 243-244, 490; g93 9/22 9-10
Kingdom Halls within: g05 10/8 21; w97 2/15 22
Krivokulsky, Pyotr (Russia): yb08 91, 94, 98-99
Kurgan labor camp (Russia): g05 12/22 13-14
letters thrown over fence (Russia): yb08 91, 94-95
Liberia: yb16 48
library hidden: yb01 181
literature hidden: yb08 109, 170, 172-173, 183, 187, 190-192
literature provided: w03 2/1 28-29; w01 5/1 25
literature reproduced: yb08 171-174, 182-183; g05 4/22 22
literature shared: g00 9/22 22
literature smuggled in: yb11 205; yb08 124-125, 160-161, 171, 189; yb07 114-115; yb06 123, 125; w04 6/1 27; yb03 128; yb02 197-200, 202, 204-205; yb01 181-182; g00 10/22 21; w99 6/1 22; yb99 198, 206-207; w97 5/1 28; w97 8/1 24-25; yb96 104-105, 133; yb94 98; g91 12/22 6; w86 2/1 25
Live Forever book given as writing surface: yb03 54-55
lives transformed: yb16 70-71; w08 1/15 14-15; g05 10/8 20-21; w00 1/1 4-5; w98 10/15 27-29; w97 2/15 22-24; w92 7/15 25
magazines thrown over wall: w97 4/1 26
Malawi: w15 4/15 16-18; yb99 197-199, 205-208
Martin, Emma (United States): w20.10 4-5
McLuckie, Carmen (Zimbabwe): g99 10/22 20-22
meetings: yb11 206; yb07 116; yb06 123; yb01 179-182; yb96 133-134; yb88 57-58; yb87 229-230
Memorial: w23.01 23-24; w19.01 24; w15 2/15 32; yb07 116-117; yb03 127-128; yb02 200-201; yb99 81; w97 2/1 8; w97 2/15 22; yb97 110-111; g96 11/8 20-21
menu accommodates Witnesses: yb94 230
Mikitkov, Ivan (Moldova, USSR): g05 4/22 21-22
Müller, Charlotte (Germany): w97 5/1 24-29
murderers transform life: yb89 56-57
penal colony (Kazakhstan): yb01 53-54
Philippines: yb03 213-215
police chief praises Witness effectiveness: w90 11/1 21
political prisoners: yb08 131-132; yb04 43-44; yb03 120-130
preaching brings release: yb92 176, 178
prison official defends visiting Witness: yb12 69
prison psychologist: w05 12/15 12
Romania: yb06 96-97, 100, 113-115, 120-125
Rutherford and associates (1918-1919) (U.S.): w19.10 2-3; w18.10 4-5; kr 23-24; g01 11/22 19-21; jv 69, 72-73, 653-654
Schroeder, A. D. (U.S.): w88 3/1 10
sign language developed: yb03 127-128
Singapore: g97 6/8 21, 23-24
singing while persecuted: w96 3/15 7
sisters detained for a year (Azerbaijan): yb17 31-32
sisters detained overnight: yb16 59, 61
Slovenia: yb09 171, 249-250; w05 10/1 18-20
solitary confinement: yb02 160, 167, 202; w97 2/1 27
South Africa: yb07 109, 111-118
sustained despite inhuman conditions: g 11/06 22-23; w89 3/1 18
Tajikistan: w22.10 9-11
Turkmenistan: w23.01 18
unbaptized publishers pray for wisdom during protest: w08 10/15 10-11
video Enduring Despite Persecution: lff lesson 59
violent woman attracted by Kingdom songs: yb13 50-51
Vorkuta labor camp (Russia): g05 12/22 14-15
Walther, Lothar (East Germany): w04 6/1 26-27
wardens: yb08 54-55; yb94 98
Witnesses commended for love: g98 10/22 6
Witnesses faithful despite isolation: w10 7/15 13
Witnesses in Canada during World War II: w00 2/1 26-27
Witnesses in labor camps (Ukraine): yb02 167-169; g00 9/22 21-22; g00 10/22 21-22
Witnesses in New Zealand during World War II: foa article 3
Witnesses in penal camps (Soviet Union): w15 10/15 16-17; yb08 98-101, 123-128, 138-139, 141-142, 147, 152-157, 160-163, 166, 168-183, 186-195, 200-201; yb02 163-164, 183-185, 190-192, 197-198, 202, 204-205
Witnesses spared during prison revolts (Soviet Union): yb08 100, 140; w07 3/1 8-12
Witnesses study from memory: yb06 122-125
Witness imprisoned with husband: yb06 53-54
Witness in France during World War II: w89 10/1 22-26
Witness inmates preach and teach: bt 216-217; yb12 72-73; yb99 82-83; w97 4/1 26; jv 451-453
Witness reports to prison early: yb09 224
Witness youth maintains happiness: w22.10 9-11
woman imprisoned for murder: w02 2/1 27-28
Yugoslavia: yb09 172-173, 176-177
how inmates can receive Witness literature or visits: km 5/07 3; km 7/04 3
ineffectiveness: g 2/08 5-7; g01 5/8 3-6; g89 4/22 6; g89 6/8 29
John the Baptizer: w19.08 29-30; it-2 88; jy 46, 96; gt chapters 18, 38
Joseph (son of Jacob): w23.01 16-17; it-2 107, 690; w17.04 20-21; w15 2/1 12-15; w14 11/1 14-15; w11 9/1 30-31; my story 22
“keep in mind those in” (Heb 13:3): w16.01 10; w89 12/15 18
life stories:
Determined to Be a Soldier of Christ: w17.04 14-17
From a Roaring Lion to a Meek Lamb: g99 8/8 11-14
How Truth Changed Me From Criminal to Christian: g89 9/22 18-21
I Gained My Freedom—In Prison!: g87 9/22 19-22
“Jehovah Rescued Me in My Darkest Hour”: lfs article 6
Jehovah Sustained Me in a Desert Prison: w93 3/1 26-29
My Escape to the Truth: g94 2/8 11-15
Prison Bars Could Not Separate Me From Jehovah: lfs article 21
Twice Sentenced to 25 Years of Slave Labor: g05 12/22 12-15
number in prison: g 2/10 30; g 12/08 29; g03 11/22 29; g99 9/22 29; g97 7/22 29; g95 6/22 29
Paul and Silas in Philippi: bt 129-131; od 174; it-2 629-630; w17.08 8-10; km 2/00 4-5; w99 2/15 27-28
insistence on release by magistrates: bt 131; it-1 273, 502; it-2 294, 630
jailer accepts truth: ijwbq article 110; bt 130-131; w18.03 10; w18.05 19-20; it-2 629-630; lfb 230; w11 4/15 19; w02 4/15 26; w90 6/15 16-17; w89 9/15 3-4
Paul in Caesarea: bt 12, 191-202; it-1 467; g98 3/8 29; si 293
Paul in Rome: bt 12, 212-217; it-1 383-384, 467, 1010-1011; it-2 588-589, 750; lfb 234; w11 6/15 19; w01 12/15 24; si 234
Peter released by angel: bt 12, 77-80; it-2 986; lr 64-65; w90 6/1 20
pornography:
inmates may subscribe: g89 6/22 29
praying for fellow Christians in: w25.10 28; w20.11 15; w18.09 6; w16.04 31
preaching in: bt 130; km 4/03 7; g01 5/8 8-9; w87 10/15 23-24
purpose: g01 5/8 3
Satanism:
inmates may practice (U.S.): g95 6/8 29
“spirits in prison” (1Pe 3:19): w13 6/15 23; w06 1/15 6-7; rs 163
study on what makes children become violent adults: g90 3/8 29
symbolic: it-2 690
Witness programs: g 2/08 9; w02 7/15 9
approved videos: km 10/04 7
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.: g05 4/8 13; g01 5/8 10; g01 11/22 18-22
cautions when witnessing to inmates: km 4/03 7
Dominican Republic: yb15 142-143
Europe: w05 12/15 9-12
Italy: w05 6/15 15-16
Mexico: g05 10/8 20-21; g04 10/8 20-21; w97 2/15 21-24
Poland: w05 12/15 11; w99 9/15 27-28; w98 10/15 25-29; w92 7/15 25-26
San Lucas Island, Costa Rica: w89 6/1 26-27
writing to imprisoned Witnesses: w22.12 27