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Warehousing criminals won't
"fix" them any more than storing your broken TV in the
garage will make it work again. They need to change from the inside
out. Pastors To Prisoners brings about change by changing
prisoners from the inside out.
Did you know...
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The California inmate population is over
170,500 in 33 prisons: 93% males and 7% females. Average reading
level is 7th grade. |
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Over 32,600 of the inmate population are
serving life sentences; 658 are condemned. The average sentence
is 47 months. The average age is 36. |
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The California prison system is in crisis.
As of this year, almost all bed space is filled. New prisons take 42
months to build at a cost of $240 million each. Average
yearly cost to incarcerate one inmate is $34,000. |
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Over 60% of released
prisoners are returned on either a parole violation or a new
prison term |
Something must be done!
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Inmates actively involved in prison
chapel programs are 4 times less likely to return to prison. |
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With upwards of 4700 men to minister
to, State Chaplains aren't enough! They average only 2
hours per week in actual one-on-one ministry with inmates. |
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A privately funded
Volunteer full-time Yard
Pastor is needed on each Yard to "stand in the
gap" on a daily basis and teach these men how to use
the tools in Scripture to make good decisions that will
result in productive citizens when they are released.
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2009
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Who Are We? |
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Pastors to Prisoners
is a California non-profit organization
providing ongoing financial support to ordained
ministers and church-licensed pastors uniquely burdened and willing to work
with the incarcerated as full-time volunteer
yard pastor under the direction of state
chaplain in prison facilities. The goal for
inmates is spiritual freedom in prison and
success in society after release. |
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"Although groups that come in on a
weekly or monthly basis do help us, it's the
day-to-day contact with the same man and
seeing his life lived out among us that
makes for lasting change in our lives."
Paul
Inmate Chapel Clerk
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