05/01/2025
Clergy leaders share words of God and a meal with prisoners at Ayen Abiel Prison in Twic County.
Two clergy leaders in Twic County paid a courtesy visit to Ayen Abiel Central Prison to share words of God and had a meal with prisoners sentenced to Ayen Abiel Central Prison in Turalei Payam, Twic County.
Father Anthony Akok Aleu from Turalei Parish held the prayers with prisoners while Mother Tereza's sisters from the same parish prepared the meals and served food to prisoners. The prisoners could be seen happy and dancing to music after prayers and eating.
Father Aleu said this year is the year of jubilee and hope.
"This year, 2025, is the year of JUBILEE, the year of hope; prisoners are happy and hoping that their problems will be solved," Father Akok said.
On a separate note, Abun Paul Lueth Kat from the Transformation of the World in Christ, a church-based organization in Twic County, also prayed with prisoners and donated a bull to them as a gesture for the celebration of New Year's Eve 2025.
People sentenced to Ayen Abiel Prison range from three months and above, and this includes people who committed minor offenses to major crimes, like those who impregnated girls and failed to pay a pregnant cow, those who committed adultery and failed to pay seven cows, those who committed theft of cows and other minor crimes, and those who committed capital crimes like murders.