OMS Outreach Jan-Apr 2014 | Page 30

Radios Reaching Prisoners By Kate Michel, Marketing & Communications Director, Radio 4VEH/Resounding Hope Photo: John Menefee prays with the Haitian prisoners. Photo courtesy of John Menefee How can you get a pastor, a Bible teacher, a worship leader, a sports commentator, a prayer warrior, a health expert, and a best friend into a cramped prison cell to minister to 15–20 men, 24 hours a day? Through one solar radio. Haiti’s prisons have been described as some of the worst in the world—severely overcrowded, cramped cells, and filthy conditions. 30 Like many of the men who have had no trial and are crammed into the cells at a northern Haiti prison, Fito doesn’t know how long he will spend there. But on June 21, 2013, he made a decision that changed