“Highland House” a half-way house for women released from prison, provides a very warm atmosphere, (right) “High land House” on the day of dedication.
A boy wrote to his father in jail that they would have no Christmas at home that year. The father went to the Chaplain with the sad letter to see what could be done. He phoned our Assistant Women’s Chaplain, Carol Adams, who visited the home of the boy and took a Christmas tree with a basket o f groceries. She talked with the w ife of the prisoner father and left some literature. During her second call in the home, the wife asked Chaplain Ad ams, “ Tell me, how do you come to know God? If the children and I
riots. What a mission field, and it is right at our doors! Christian Jail Workers provide many things including spiritual coun seling, worship services, family con tacts, Bible study classes, Bibles, New Testaments and Gospel por tions, non-denominational literature, and assistance in obtaining court or ders fo r inmates to attend funerals fo r deceased family members. In addition, the men and women do many other things fo r inmates who have great needs, as you will see from the following story:
ers, are employed in order to reach the ever-increasing number of pris oners, estimated at 13,000 adults and 3,000 juveniles. One of the largest areas o f service is the new Los Angeles County Jail which is responsible fo r law-break ers from the city, county, state and federal governments. The 586,000- sq. ft. structure houses more than 400 men who are booked every day, 24 hours a day; there is room for 3,000 with space in the infirmary fo r an additional 300. Frequently there is an overflow as in the recent
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Boy’s Camp Chaplain Edward P. Bryant in a counseling session.
Girl’s Chaplain Margery Link counsels one of the girls at Juvenile Hall.
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OCTOBER, 1966
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