Why should we help those people?
Over 90% of the people currently behind bars will be released at some point in their lives. It’s not a question of “if” these people rejoin us in society, it’s simply a question of when and how. ‘When’ is decided by a judge, jury and current state law for their sentence and sometimes prison behavior. ‘How’ is up to those of us out here. Our community. As a community we cannot simply ignore our troubled fathers, brothers, and sisters and pretend that they don’t exist. We all know what happens when you ignore troubled people. The more we can do to intercede in the cycle of pain, anger and criminal behavior, the less of it there will be. By getting involved in the lives of those incarcerated or newly released we can help guide them towards living spiritually strong, productive and healthy lives as fellow members of our communities. As a community we will then help prevent crime by helping criminals turn into citizens and therefore decreasing the number of criminals and amount of crime.
