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| CCA to Launch Faith-based Programs |
| By Nashville Business Journal |
| Published: 04/24/2003 |
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Corrections Corporation of America is teaming with Dallas-based Bill Glass Champions for Life to launch faith-based programs at its correctional facilities over the next three years. In the program, the nation's largest operator of privatized prisons is seeking to improve inmate and staff safety, lower prison costs and recidivism and rehabilitate inmates. CCA and Champions for Life will share the costs of implementing the program. 'If we neglect the spiritual component of rehabilitation, we do a tremendous disservice to the individuals in our care,' says Jim Seaton, chief operating officer at Nashville-based CCA. 'Our primary goal is to ensure the safety of our staff, inmates and the public, and be a positive presence in the communities we serve. We strive to provide not only a safe and secure environment but also meaningful opportunities for inmates to prepare for a successful transition back to society. Faith-based programming strongly supports these goals.' In the program, Champions for Life will have access to about 60,000 inmates in CCA's 59 facilities across the country. 'The need to educate inmates is well-documented,' Glass said. 'Educational programs are good - they're necessary,' Glass says. 'But education alone isn't the answer to reducing the rate of re-incarceration, which now looms at nearly 70 percent nationally. Faith-based programs address core issues of behavior, and often produce a change of heart that can propel inmates into a productive, law-abiding life after prison. High quality education, life skills and religious programs, working together, can increase an offender's chances for success following their release by providing them with stronger values, purpose and direction.' |
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