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For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
Matthew 25:35-36
Prison Ministry - A ministry for reaching the children of incarcerated prisoners.
CEF has committed to coming
alongside the children of inmates to help them have the most promising future
possible. These kids are bearing the consequences
of their parents' actions. An inmate
chooses to walk the wrong path and his/her children often follow.
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- Fact: In
1980 there were 500,000 prisoners in America; in 1990, one million; and today there are 2.1
million prisoners incarcerated in this country.
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- Fact: There are
more than seven million children who have a parent under some form of
correctional supervision.
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- Fact: According
to U.S. Senate Report (Report 106-404 September 8, 2000), children of prisoners are six times more
likely than other children to be incarcerated at some point in their
lives. Without effective
intervention strategies, as many as 70 percent of these children will
become involved with the criminal justice system.
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- Fact: We must break the cycle of children of
prisoners becoming prisoners themselves.
With this critical need
in mind, it is our goal to put the What Went Wrong? booklet in the
hands of every one of the 2.1 million inmates in this country.
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