La Confraternidad Carcelaria inicio en 1976 con Charles Colson ex funcionario de la Casa Blanca quien estuvo involucrado en el esc�ndalo de “Watergate”, por el cual fue juzgado y pago siete meses de prisi�n. Durante este tiempo alcanzo una relaci�n profunda con Dios derivado de su estudio y lectura de la Biblia. Esta experiencia quedo plasmada en su primer libro “Nac� de nuevo”. Colson entendi� el llamado de Dios de propagar el Evangelio de Cristo a todos los privados de libertad en el mundo. Hoy mas de 105 pa�ses hacen parte de la Confraternidad Carcelaria Internacional, la cual es miembro de las Naciones Unidas (ONU).

The Prison Fellowship ministry was founded in 1976 by Charles Colson. Colson, who was the Special Advisor of ex-president Richard Nixon, was sentenced to seven months in prison for his involment in the Watergate scandal. During this time, he entered into a deep relationship with God through studying and reading the Bible. His testimony is told in his first book, Born Again. Colson understood the call of God to spread Christ’s gospel to all those worldwide deprived of their freedom. Today the ministry is active in more than 105 countries worldwide, and is a member of the United Nations in consultative status.