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As mentioned, the El Dorado Correctional Facility requires volunteers to go through eight (8) hours of training.
During this training a volunteer will be instructed in all the do’s and don’ts of working inside prison walls. After training the volunteer is given an identification badge which allows them to come to the mentoring program, Bible studies, concerts, Sunday services or any program at the El Dorado Central, East (Toronto) Unit, North Unit or Work Release. When volunteers choose to work at Winfield or Hutchinson, they may be required to attend an orientation class to alert them to each facility’s requirements.
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— CURRENT VOLUNTEERS: Did you receive a 4-PAGE application from EDCF — and/or— have not filled one out in the LAST SIX MONTHS? Then please do so.
— IF you HAVE filled one out, then check below for training dates. Annual training is required for ALL volunteers.
NOTICE: With the new Kansas Department of Corrections volunteer training system, volunteer IDs are good at all facilities.
So, individuals can train or take annuals at different facilities as needed. It is not recommended, but this can happen.
EL DORADO FUTURE Training Dates
BASIC -NEW Volunteers - 8 hours
- - - - Oct. 25 Saturday from 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. — FINAL training for 2008
ANNUAL Training - 4 hours each year
- - - - Oct. 25 Saturday from 8:00 a.m.-12 noon — FINAL training for 2008
WINFIELD FUTURE — Training Dates
BASIC (NEW Volunteer) Training 8:00 am-12 noon
- - - - No more training this year
ANNUAL Training from 9:00 a.m. -11:00 am
- - - - Oct. 18, 2008
Hutchinson — Training Dates
ANNUAL Training - Evening - to be announced in June sometime.
Prison population continues to grow and so does the need for volunteers inside the walls.
To become a volunteer, a person must first complete a four-page application (PDF DOWNLOAD BELOW). This is followed by 8-hours of Kansas Department of Corrections informational training.
Following the required eight (8) hours of training, a volunteer will be placed in the area of ministry or education where they feel most comfortable. So whether it be Bible study, Sunday services, the Mentoring Program (M-2) or Education, we will see that you get the help needed for your responsibility.
We especially need volunteers from the Christian Native American, Black, and Asian communities.
MENTORING through the M-2 program:
Currently the M-2 program is conducted at the El Dorado and Hutchinson facilities. Our greatest need is at the El Dorado Maximum Facililty, located east of El Dorado.
In our M-2 Mentoring program, volunteers are assigned to inmates who have common likes and interests. The responsibility of the volunteers is to “mentor” the inmate. The word mentor means to “bring along side and walk with”, and that best defines the job.
Volunteers are asked to meet with the inmate once a month and write at least one letter a month. Volunteers can not help financially or legally. Volunteers can meet the inmate’s family, and become a link of discussion, possibly bringing healing to family hurts. They can also meet with the inmate when he paroles and help him with adjustments to outside life.
While in prison, visitations take place in the visitation room of the El Dorado Correctional Facility. This is usually on a Monday night for a 1 1/2 hour session. During that time, the volunteers and the inmate can play games, study the Bible, discuss family situations, and even drink a coke.
Usually during a visitation night, there are 30 to 40 volunteers who go in at one time, so it is a crowded room with lots of laughs mixed with some very serious discussions.
We currently have inmates who are signed up for the program that are in segregation: those who are in lock-down for 23 of 24 hours a day. Visits with those inmates takes place through a tv monitor system. Inmates in segregation look forward to visits more than general population inmates, because they get out of their cells for a while. These visits can also take place on the weekend of the volunteer’s choice.
I hope you will consider becoming a volunteer. Please give our office a call, and I can explain this information in details.
Lynn Everett McBride, Executive Director 316-733-1537
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