Chaplaincy Documents

"The opposite of faith is not heresy but indifference."

Elie Wiesel chairman of the President's Commission on the
Holocaust and helped plan the American memorial to the victims of the Holocaust;
see his Report to the President on the President's Commission on the Holocaust (1979).

"Society wants men to be taught to use liberty wisely while deprived of it" (p. 11). "I believe there is a treasure in the heart of every man if we can find it--if we can help him find it. I believe this is the true way to fight crime" (p. 229, the last two sentences).

James V. Bennett, I Chose Prison (Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, 229p),
Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 1937 to 1964, during the time of the
most substantial change in in-prison programming in the history of the world.

“A person’s religion should have no bearing on his or her freedom. All are entitled to the same level of protection in the free world, in the courts, in prison, and in the judicial process. Recidivism should not be a factor in religious programming. One of the most potent elements for serious change is also an axiom of most of the world's religions: a man or woman grows best in their faith when they are sincerely searching of their own free will, unencumbered by either government favor or hostility and in the context of true freedom of conscience and freedom of religion.

"We have come a long way, especially in America, and freedom of religion and conscience is the greatest asset of all. That is not hard to understand, but it is hard to live. How we administrate that freedom in our prisons is the most important programming issue of the 21st century."

Michael Glenn Maness (working paper)

General TDCJ Operations	Chaplaincy & Volunteers
Texas Sunset Report 2006-07 - TDCJ Another 12 Years - First issue rehabilitation - TX recidivism 30% v. CA 60%	Chaplaincy Healthcare 2001 & Wyatt-Solucient Comparison
TDCJ Budget Summary 2007	Volunteerism in Texas 2002 - nothing sub. on TDCJ chaplaincy
Texas Governor's Performance Measures 2000	Volunteer Environmental Scan 2001 - nothing sub. on TDCJ chaplaincy
Report or Reentry Policy Council 2004 - 658pp	Baylor Religion Study 2006 & Texas Religion Chart - importance of religion in general to most of the population
Reentry Texas by Urban Institute 2004 - 124pp	California Chaplain Study - 1991 ~ Leadership Complexity
	California Chaplain Study - 2001
Pew Report - Behind Bars 2008 - look at prisons in USA	Wisconsin Chaplaincy Study 1998
Texas State Auditor's Classification Plan for 04-05 - All Jobs	Florida Chaplaincy Study 2001
Texas State Auditor's Classification Plan for 06-07 - All Jobs	Maryland Chaplaincy Expansion Proposal 1992
Texas State Auditor's Correctional Officer's Report	TDCJ Chaplaincy Audit Results 2001 - raw data on 150 TDCJ chaplains
History of In-Prison Programming in the USA	Faith-based Dorm 5 Years - Alfred Unit - Disciplinaries decrease

Highlighted Items	TDCJ & TX State General Information
Poems & Artistic Works	U.S. Army Chaplaincy Program
Primary Chaplaincy Documents	Volunteer & Volunteerism Information
Where "Professional Equity" Began	Chaplaincy Info - General
Relevant Technical Studies & Other Info	TX Chaplain Lists
Directly Relevant Web Sites	Legal Docs, TX Legislative Aids
Historically Relevant Works of Note	For Other Very Relevant Docs See Religious Freedom Docs ( a Separate Page )
Where Prison Chaplaincy Began: History, Theory, Rationale Chaplain Links in America, Canada, More

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Highlighted Items	TDCJ & TX State General Information
Poems & Artistic Works	U.S. Army Chaplaincy Program
PRIMARY Chaplaincy Documents	Volunteer & Volunteerism Information
Where "Professional Equity" Began	Chaplaincy Info - General
Relevant Technical Studies & Other Info	TX Chaplain Lists
Directly Relevant Web Sites	Legal Docs, TX Legislative Aids
Historically Relevant Works of Note
Where Prison Chaplaincy Began: History, Theory, Rationale