In Mississippi we've got one of 
the largest prison populations.
And you hear the stories the persons behind bars
a variety of subhuman conditions they're experiencing. 
a variety of subhuman conditions they're experiencing. 
Most of our young men at the college level who I've worked with
who - their dad is caught up in the system and the impact it
has on that young man's ability to see himself 
as worthy,
as employable,
as intelligent,
as loveable,
it takes a toll.
And so me simply praying for that person or 
providing assistance for that person 
doesn't deal with why that person is in 
the situation in the first place.
So dealing with systemic realities is just as 
important as the more one to one interventions
we do as pastors and chaplains.
We wanted to come in and say
what is a righteous declaration about criminal
justice reform and how do we help lead that charge?
