A faith-based program at the Fayette County Detention Center using pastoral experience, Correctional psychology, Wisdom traditions including AA, group dynamics and volunteers. The project coordinator has 17 years experience in correctional consulting and 40 years experience in pastoral counseling (overlapping :-)

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Update on Prison minstry program in Lexington, KY

RE: inquires about the prison ministry work.
described in Diaspora. This is an evidence-based program emphasizing changed behavior and understanding that mere talk about God is vain and cheap.
Update 9/21/06

Many of the inventories and handouts used in the
Fierce Landscape workbook were written and printed many years ago and are not stored electonically. Interest in this non-traditional ministry program is growing with requests for copies of the workbook which takes considerable time and energy to assemble in their present form..

So we are currently manually scanning and storing electronically the entire workbook so that it can be more easily made available to others. This way individuals can copy, edit, print and use whatever materials seem useful for their own setting and vision.

Sections
part 1 Intro and endorsements (Inmates report what the program is doing for them and how this is differently from previous programs).10-15pp

Part 2 will be the actual workbook, 50 pp.

Part 3 will be the Action Planning for effective transition from program to community, in all that OWL and the cooperative partnership with others is bringing forth, including forms used to create a more seamless transition, 20 pp

Part 4 is to be The larger View, Prison Reform, examining the challlenges and inequities in the present Penal Code and overcrowding, etc, Work of community activists and UK Law Faculty professors views. 20 p

Part 5. References.

We expect eventually to get this published online.
In the meantime, if you want a copy, please offer to pay postage and handling costs and whatever printing costs may occur. We are currently aiming for October 15 for publication. We are aiming for no more than $10 for everything. This includes permission to copy any and all of it for your own use.

We propose there is no other such correctional program known in the country, as this includes every aspect of human behavior, physical, emotional, psychological, social, community, faith, and group skills.

Latest update. We are getting recognition from the judicial court re the reach and effectiveness of this program, as well as out of county vocational rehabilitation officers interested in starting this program in other counties.

We have decided not to seek money re grants to support the Spiritual Growth in-house program, as it is the obvious love the volunteers demonstrate that makes a difference to the inmates. Money would corrupt that aspect. Our volunteers become hooked, that is, this one lesson per week becomes a vital part of their own faith journey.

Paschal Baute
www.paschalbaute.com/writing
and see Fierce Landscape blog for
other postings;

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