Corrections Community

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar topics. I would also like information on employment assistance or other prisoner assistance. Information on a prisoners family and children would be benificial also. I would greatly apreciate if anybody can help me with material, (videos and/or paper). Anything will help right now. You can email me at emmanuelproject@gmail.com or you can mail the material to Ken Varney, The emmanuel Project, PO Box 24, LeRoy, MI 49655. If any one from North West Michigan that is interested you can visit our temporary website at http://www.freewebs.com/the-emmanuel-project. I would apreciate any feedback about experiences they may of had from ministry volunteers/programs they have had at their facility. thanks Ken

Check with someone from Florida. They have a very good training program for prison ministry people and the background check is done then too. I class was held in Tallassee years ago at a Bible College.

I currently work at a female "Faith and Character" based facility. Hillsborough Correctional Institution in Riverview, Florida. You could call and speak with our Chaplain, Rex Henry, and maybe he could help you. We have people from all over the country come and look at our facility and check out our program. It appears to be working, and it makes the inmates much easier to handle. I really believe they get something out of the program. Call (813) 671-5022. There is entire training program in place for our volunteers, as we have over 350 active volunteers. Good-luck.