Despite the missed deadline, leadership says increased salaries and new recruiting efforts are bolstering staffing numbers after years of struggles.
“This is a missions field, so just like any missions field, when the gospel really takes root is when people there take it for themselves and run with it — where leaders are raised up and there’s a church there,” Taunton said.
Alabama’s prison system, which has been plagued with violent conditions and drug use due to understaffing and crowding, saw significant signs of improvement in 2024,
Several Alabama state agencies are working different efforts and initiatives to keep people from returning to prison after they’re released.
Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover recently held a training event for those looking to get involved in prison ministry.
A total of 163 assaults were documented within Alabama’s prisons in April, a new report says. That’s a slight uptick when compared to the previous month. More generally, instances of prison violence have been on a downward trajectory …
Some 600,000 people leave U.S. prisons every year, only to encounter a series of roadblocks to reintegration. Stanley Frankart knows. He was one of those
Jail ministry volunteers from Dale Baptist Association conducted a baptism service July 21 for 44 Dale County inmates who made salvation decisions through their effort.
