PRISONS
(See also Abyss; Concentration Camps; Hitler; Persecution; Riots; individual countries by name)
(Note centered heading below: List by Place)
bail: g65 2/8 10
Bible examples: ad 1343-1344; g65 2/8 8
of liberation: w59 50; sr55 62; w51 741; w48 100; w46 59; w44 250
Christian conduct: yb75 206, 208; g75 12/22 18; g66 3/22 25-26; w65 758-764; w63 438-442; w60 501-502; jp 169-170, 227; g46 1/16 5
church members: g75 4/22 27; g74 2/22 31; g73 11/8 30; g71 6/8 30
cost:
per inmate: w83 2/1 8; g82 1/22 19
to maintain: g78 5/8 29; g77 5/8 4-5
detention rate for divorced, separated, and widowed men: g78 1/22 12
discussion: g77 5/8 3-12; g72 1/8 5-17; ad 1343-1344; g65 2/8 8-12
early Christians:
comment by Minucius Felix that no Christians were found in, except because of their religion: w69 628
effects:
compensation greater crime deterrent: w83 2/1 8; g72 5/22 30
of prison life on juvenile delinquents: g83 11/22 30-31
on crime: g65 2/8 9
escapes:
Italy: g76 2/8 30
Sweden: g79 8/22 31
experiences:
asked to teach other prisoners the Bible: g75 12/22 18
banned books found in prison library: yb79 112
baptisms in: yb78 206; g77 5/8 6-11; g75 4/22 21-23, 28
Bible studies started in: yb86 11; w78 3/15 6, 9; w78 5/15 10; km 7/78 4
celebration of Memorial: w68 534-535; w63 441
conduct of a sister gives a witness: yb83 208-209
congregation in: w85 10/1 21-22
criminals accept truth: g83 12/8 16-20
Cuminetti, Remigio: yb82 124-126
effect of prison experience: yb83 15-16
furloughed after becoming Witness: g75 5/22 29
gangster receives a presidential pardon: w78 3/15 8-9
guards accept truth: w80 3/15 11; w79 3/15 27; yb78 108, 215-216; g71 8/8 13-15
holding forbidden meetings: yb78 204-205
holding meetings: yb75 206; g75 4/22 25-28
imprisonment with Witnesses convinces man of truth (Ethiopia): g77 1/22 11
literature smuggled into: w85 10/1 20-21; w83 2/15 23; yb83 204; yb81 239; w58 331
maltreated: yb73 216-219, 221
missionaries in Syria: yb80 201-202
murderer released: w78 3/15 7
Oneda, Giuseppe and Consiglia: g84 7/8 11
opposed husband impressed by Witness conduct: yb78 248
prison authorities impressed by Witness conduct: yb78 211
prison director asks Witness to give talks: w76 363
prisoner baptized at Landover convention: g79 12/8 19
prisoner institutionalized all his life accepts truth: g75 4/22 28
prisoner on death row accepts truth: w81 5/15 3, 8
prisoner paroled after 19 years: yb80 17-18
prisoners accept truth: yb83 203-204; w81 7/15 30; g81 2/22 4; g81 6/22 9-10; w80 5/15 11; w80 7/15 29-30; w79 3/15 26-27; w78 3/15 6-9; yb78 207, 213; g77 5/8 5-11; w76 587; w76 620; w75 40; w74 443
prisoners request Bible studies: g81 7/22 14
prison inmates taken to assembly for baptism: w78 3/15 6-7; g75 4/22 26
recall of scriptures by Witnesses in Chinese prisons: w80 8/1 9-10
released after becoming a Witness: g74 4/8 27-28
resisting temptation in a communist labor camp: w83 2/15 24-25
Sydlik, Daniel: w85 6/1 25-26
terrorist accepts truth: g80 12/22 18
thinking up daily text: w79 1/1 23
troublemaker changes: w78 3/15 7
Witnesses sentenced by Special Tribunal in Italy: yb82 166-173
witnessing by Bible crossword puzzles: yb78 204
witnessing on death row: yb85 18-19
Witness made prison bookkeeper: yb78 202-203
Yuen, Nancy: w79 7/15 4-7
failure: g85 8/8 11; w83 2/1 8; g82 2/8 29; g79 7/8 3-4; w77 102-103; w77 687; g77 1/22 29; g77 5/8 3-5; g75 4/22 24; g74 4/22 30; g73 4/22 11-12, 30; g73 10/22 31
fine or imprisonment: w75 223-224; g65 2/8 10; g37 11/3 9
flogging: g74 12/22 31
history of: g72 1/8 5-7
homosexuality: w78 3/15 8; g75 3/8 31
inmates:
increase: g77 5/8 3-5; g71 10/8 30
number in: g74 10/22 30
pay for crimes: g73 1/22 29
why some desire prison: g85 7/22 30
jailers in ancient times: ad 866-867
Melchite Catholic archbishop released from Israeli prison: g78 3/8 30
nuns as jailers: yb78 191-192
percent of inmates with religious affiliation: g63 4/8 5; g62 7/8 30; g61 9/22 30; g60 10/8 24-25; w59 294; w58 252; g49 10/8 16; g43 2/17 26; g42 4/29 7; g41 6/11 2; g41 9/17 2; g39 10/4 6; g38 6/1 26; g37 4/21 469-470
preaching in: yb83 188, 203-204; yb81 162-163; w80 5/15 11; w78 3/15 5-9; yb78 203-204, 207, 209, 211-213, 215-216, 240-241; g77 5/8 5-6, 10-11; w75 649-650; yb75 112, 176-177, 206; km 9/75 1; yb74 13, 190-191; g74 4/8 27-28; km 4/74 4; yb73 244-245; w72 283; yb72 157-158; g72 7/8 20; g72 9/22 26; w71 508; yb71 115-116, 178; g71 8/8 14; g71 10/22 28; yb70 164, 272, 276-277, 311-313; yb68 225, 233, 240; yb67 189-190, 314; g67 6/8 26; g67 8/8 26; yb66 103-104; w65 541, 760; yb65 108-109, 161-162, 230-231; g64 6/22 26; w63 219, 439-442, 598, 702; yb63 148-149, 186, 282-283, 306; g63 12/8 26; w62 92, 637; yb62 225, 285-286; yb61 177, 232; w59 637-639; jp 84, 170-172; g59 4/8 24; w58 108; w57 246-249, 426-427, 683; w56 211-216, 510, 605; w51 28; w49 377; w47 121; g45 9/12 11-12; g39 7/12 16
by newly interested person: km 7/78 4
when caution is advised: km 2/82 7-8
punishment cells: yb78 191-192, 204, 211
rehabilitation: g85 8/8 11; g79 7/8 4; w78 3/15 5-9; w77 103; g77 5/8 3-11; g75 4/22 24-28; g75 7/8 29
resisting brainwashing: w65 759-760; g65 8/8 18-19
solitary confinement: w83 11/1 18, 20; yb78 156, 185-186, 197-198, 223; yb74 226-228; w72 521, 524-525, 532; g70 3/8 30
“spirits in prison” (1Pe 3:19): bw 125-127; g76 5/22 27-28; ts 85; w71 607-608
suicide rate: g82 5/8 31
torture and execution of political prisoners: g83 4/8 29
vandalism: g73 12/8 30
List by Place
Aegean Islands: g39 3/22 19
Australia: g49 10/8 16
prisoners still in crooked business: g85 12/8 30-31
Austria: g36 7/1 631
Babylon: g55 9/8 13
Belgium: yb84 120-121
Britain: g49 10/8 16; g40 2/7 16; g38 6/1 26; g36 8/12 713
punk rock repels prisoners: g79 8/22 30
religions professed by prison population: g84 1/8 10
safecracker prefers jail to “outside”: g79 4/22 31
Canada: g34 1/3 217-218; g33 10/11 14; g30 10/29 84
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb79 112
Quebec: g47 2/22 19; g38 3/9 22-23
use of gerbils to detect drugs: g82 8/22 31
Canary Islands:
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb78 197-198
China: w65 761
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w83 11/1 18, 20; w80 8/1 9; w79 7/15 4-7; yb75 208-209; yb74 56; w65 756-767; w63 437-442; g63 7/22 22-27
Denmark: g77 5/8 31
Devil’s Island: g43 3/3 22
Egypt: g55 9/8 13; w40 73; rg 101
Ethiopia:
imprisonment with Witnesses convinces man of truth: g77 1/22 11
Germany (Nazi): w84 10/1 8
Germany (pre-Nazi): g30 12/24 209
Germany, Federal Republic of (West):
vacation for convicts: g79 9/8 30
Greece: g77 5/8 22-23; g55 9/8 13
Avlona Military Prison: g83 10/22 15
Hungary: w58 331; g30 3/19 393
Israel (ancient): g79 7/8 10; lp 148; g55 9/8 13; w40 73
Italy: g34 6/20 590; g32 10/26 47-48
escape from prison: g76 2/8 30
Jehovah’s Witnesses: g84 7/8 8-9, 11; yb82 124-126, 166-173
Japan: w59 637-639; g54 9/8 17-19
Korea, Republic of (South):
jailer of Witnesses accepts truth: g71 8/8 13-15
Netherlands:
inmates prefer traditional meats: g78 9/8 30
Philippines:
Iwahig Prison and Penal Colony: w78 3/15 5-7, 9
National Penitentiary, Muntinlupa, Rizal: w78 3/15 8-9
Philistia: g55 9/8 13
Rome (ancient):
island of Patmos: ad 1276; fm 8-9; bf 455
prisoners reduced to slaves: g55 9/8 13
Spain:
Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb78 155-156, 165, 171-172, 175, 185-188, 190-192, 201-218, 223, 235, 237-238, 240-242, 248; km 11/76 8
life story of Fernando Marín: w85 10/1 19-23
Sweden:
escape from prison: g79 8/22 31
Syria:
missionaries: yb80 201-202
Taiwan: yb72 217-218
United States: g61 8/8 29; g55 9/8 14-16; g53 3/8 9-11; g52 6/8 8; g49 10/8 16; g43 2/17 26; g42 4/29 7
Angola, Louisiana: g81 2/22 4; g77 5/8 5-11; g75 4/22 21-28
Burgaw, North Carolina: g75 4/22 28
Chillicothe, Ohio: g77 5/8 10
conditions: g55 9/8 15; g53 3/8 10-11; g37 8/11 709-717; g30 9/17 813-814
cost to maintain: g55 9/8 14-15
increase in prisoners: g82 10/22 31
London, Ohio: g77 5/8 10
Lucasville, Ohio: g77 5/8 10-11
Maryland State Prison: g77 5/8 11
New York City: g78 5/8 29; g77 5/8 11
Norfolk, Massachusetts: g75 4/22 28
number of people in prisons, on probation, or parole: g82 11/22 30
pardons: yb75 207; jp 222-223, 226; g52 6/8 8; g48 3/8 9-12, 28; g47 2/8 10-12; g46 10/8 6-8; g46 11/8 27
population: g84 12/22 30
riots: g53 3/8 9-11; g52 6/8 29; g52 12/8 30
Watch Tower Society’s officers: w80 2/15 16; yb75 104-109, 111-112, 115-117; fm 120; w66 311, 507-509, 722-723; w65 445; w64 653; bf 503-504; w61 382; jp 80; pa 187; w55 238-239; qm55 314-315; nh 251; w52 722; w50 11; ki 311; lt-1-30 199