Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl (pronounced: midlam
ad-daul) is the Maltese version of "From Darkness to Light".
This name was chosen by the founders of our organisation to express
their hope in the future. (Click here
to see an aerial view of the prisons)
The organisation was founded on April 10, 1995,
by a group of prisoners held at our local Corradino Correctional
Facility in Paola, Malta. The main original
aim of the founders was to help themselves and their families
undergo the prison experience with more dignity and self-esteem.
In August of that same year, following their
release from the prisons, two of the leading founders continued
the group on the outside, thereby coming into close contact with
the non-government organisation Daritama (which in Maltese means
"House of Hope"). In this way the group became part
of a larger organisation under the leadership of Rev. Dr Mark
F. Montebello OP. This close relationship ended on December 9,
2008.
The organisation extends its services to prisoners,
their families, and ex-prisoners.
Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl is affiliated to Action
for Prisoners' Families of England and Wales (APF), and
an associate member of European Group of
Prisoners' Abroad (EGPA).
Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawlis also part of the local Association
of Prison Volunteers.
In our work we are guided by a set of principles
and a personalistic philosophy.
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