Did you know...

	The California inmate population is over 163,500 in 32 prisons: 93% males and 7% females. Average reading level is 7th grade.
	Over 30,400 of the inmate population are serving life sentences; 635 are condemned. The average sentence is 53 months. The average age is 36.
	The California prison system is in crisis. As of this year, almost all bed space is filled. New prisons take 42 months to build at a cost of $240 million each.
	Over 60% of released prisoners are returned on either a parole violation or a new prison term.

Something must be done!

	Inmates actively involved in prison chapel programs are 4 times less likely to return to prison.
	With upwards of 4700 men to minister to, State Chaplains aren't enough! They are able to average 2 ½ hours in each chapel per week teaching and preaching and that leaves almost no time for one on one counseling.
	A privately funded Volunteer full-time Yard Pastor is needed on each Yard to "stand in the gap" on a daily basis and teach these men how to use the tools in Scripture to make good decisions that will result in productive citizens when they are released. Pastors to Prisoners is a California non-profit organization providing ongoing financial support to ordained ministers and church-licensed pastors uniquely burdened and willing to work with the incarcerated as full-time volunteer yard pastor under the direction of state chaplain in prison facilities. The goal for inmates is spiritual freedom in prison and success in society after release.