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Prison mentoring group works to keep ex-offenders out of jail
By ksn.com- Shardaa Gray
Published: 09/21/2015

WICHITA, Kansas – A mentoring program geared toward keeping people out of jail is pairing ex-offenders with current inmates.

The group is called “Working Men of Christ Ministries”, and on Sunday 21 of them headed to the El Dorado Correctional to mentor prisoners there.

One ex-convict told KSN before he left, it will be tough walking into that prison because that’s where he did his time for his past mistakes. He said it’s some place he never planned to visit again until he had the opportunity to become an inspiration.

“There have been moments where I’ve been frightened,” said Shannon West. “There’s been moments where I was a little scared.”

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