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Irreligious prison population (view source)
Revision as of 04:21, February 21, 2017
, 04:21, February 21, 2017→FiveThirtyEight on atheists in prison statistics
'''3.''' Maybe it’s immigration. We [http://www.pewforum.org/2013/05/17/the-religious-affiliation-of-us-immigrants/#muslim know] that most American Muslims immigrated to the U.S. sometime after 1992. And we [http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf know] that 12 percent of the federal prison population is described as “non-citizens” (a term that means they’re foreign-born and, according to Ed Ross, a spokesman at the Bureau of Prisons, entered the country illegally).
'''3.''' Maybe it’s immigration. We [http://www.pewforum.org/2013/05/17/the-religious-affiliation-of-us-immigrants/#muslim know] that most American Muslims immigrated to the U.S. sometime after 1992. And we [http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf know] that 12 percent of the federal prison population is described as “non-citizens” (a term that means they’re foreign-born and, according to Ed Ross, a spokesman at the Bureau of Prisons, entered the country illegally).
'''4.''' Maybe it’s conversion. Ross explained that prisons collect information on religious affiliation from inmates as part of the intake screening process. That information gets stored as part of their case management. But, he added, “anywhere along the way, inmates can have their information changed to reflect a change in their religious status. Anyone can find god or lose god while in prison.”<ref>[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-prisoners-less-likely-to-be-atheists/ Are Prisoners Less Likely To Be Atheists?]</ref>}}
'''4.''' Maybe it’s conversion. Ross explained that prisons collect information on religious affiliation from inmates as part of the intake screening process. That information gets stored as part of their case management. But, he added, “anywhere along the way, inmates can have their information changed to reflect a change in their religious status. Anyone can find god or lose god while in prison.”...
There are many churches/ministries that do outreach to prison inmates in the United States.
Though almost all of the state prison chaplains describe spending their time organizing religious programs, many suggest that religious influence is coming from elsewhere in the system. Seventy-four percent of the chaplains said that efforts by inmates to proselytize or convert other inmates are either very common (31 percent) or somewhat common (43 percent) in the prisons where they work.<ref>[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-prisoners-less-likely-to-be-atheists/ Are Prisoners Less Likely To Be Atheists?]</ref>}}
There are also many churches/ministries that do outreach to prison inmates in the United States.
[[Jesus Christ]] told his disciples a [[parable]] about visiting people who are incarcerated which states:
[[Jesus Christ]] told his disciples a [[parable]] about visiting people who are incarcerated which states: