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Job Description: The prison chaplain plays a monumental role in the lives of offenders. We are currently looking for a Prison Chaplain with a high-level of professionalism. The Chaplain will be required to provide pastoral care, spiritual counseling, and perform religious rites to inmates. The Chaplain must be able to apply crisis intervention in emergency situations to both inmates and staff. The Chaplain will also be required to counsel staff regarding religious issues and requests for religious services. The chaplain must be able to facilitate interfaith dialogue between inmates and staff. Qualifications: Must be a graduate of a 4 university Must be a graduate from an accredited school of divinity or theology studies. Minimum of 2 years of ministry counseling Reference: Carlson, P. M. (2015). Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory . Jones & Bartlett Learning. Pew Research Center. (2022, April 26). What prison chaplains do ... and what they think they should do . Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. Retrieved September 9, 2022, from https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/03/22/prison-chaplains-what-they- do/

Replies, Kiki, Great job description. I think it is important for chaplains to be able to work with inmates from all religious groups. Prisons have a mixture of many different religions, and each one may need spiritual advice at some point during their incarceration. While doing research for this topic, I read about how many inmates switch religions, between 26% and 50%. It’s impossible for prisons to keep up with the different religions in prisons and to have chaplains for those religions. Reference: Pew Research Center. (2020, May 30). Religion in prisons - a 50-state survey of Prison Chaplains . Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. Retrieved September 10, 2022, from https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2012/03/22/prison-chaplains-exec/ Lyana, I also believe that prison chaplains should be required to provide services to correctional officers. Being a correctional officer can be very challenging. Prison chaplains can help officers cope with the stress that comes with the job. Chaplains can also be a great resource for officers who have gone through a critical incident or crisis who are returning to work.

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