J. R. Woodgates
Training inmates to become “field ministers” who serve as counselors for other inmates, lead prayers, assist prison chaplains and generally serve as a calming influence in prison yards. Let’s see more of this happen!
SEMINARIANS PARTNER WITH PRISONERS
A poem by Deon Nowell is featured in Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path. President Obama granted Deon clemency in 2017. Now he’s mentoring other young men in Charleston. Well done, Deon!
He was convicted of white collar crime and sent to a federal prison where he’s remained for nine years…
…leaving her to raise their six children.
More courageous Christian organizations should follow the lead of this Florida group.
After completing their studies, graduates will be placed in prisons around North Carolina to serve as pastoral counselors, augmenting prison chaplains whose numbers were cut a decade ago by state legislators to save money.
Jump Start began at Tyger River in 2007 with just a few volunteers…and now operates in 16 facilities across the South Carolina corrections system.
God can send redeemed sinners back into prison to bring light to other men sitting in darkness as they once did.