Kansas officials say they want to get faith-based groups engaged with criminal offenders to help reduce the number of ex-convicts who return to prison for committing new crimes.
Kansas Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts opened a statewide conference on prison ministry Monday by encouraging religious volunteers to increase their efforts to help offenders stay out of prison. The three-day conference in Wichita was organized by Prison Fellowship.
Gov. Sam Brownback told the conference that faith-based groups can help reduce recidivism.
The Kansas Department of Corrections says 43 percent of the offenders released from prisons now return within three years for committing new crimes.
(Source: OneNewsNow)