SO HELP US CONTINUE TO PREACH AND TEACH THE BIBLE BEHIND BARS
Sources:
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/18upr9yfup0514_sum.pdf
https://search.proquest.com/openview/f254c7d155be02df954d8eacc6bcff25/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/250476.pdf
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when inmates participate significantly in faith-based programs that include regular Christian teaching
and preaching, Bible study in small groups,
and inmate religious service, they
experience life-transformation,
prison violence decreases,
and recidivism rates
drop drastically.
YET STUDIES SHOW THAT . . .
83 percent are arrested for new crimes after
their release and go back to prison.
AND
700,000 are released each year.
95 percent will be released at some point.
2.3 million men and women in prison in the U.S.
THE REALITY IS . . .
