APPLICATION - TRAINING DATES - and OTHER INFORMATION
El Dorado Correctional Facility requires:
- - - - - eight (8) hours of training for NEW volunteers
- - - - - four (4) hours Annual for CURRENT volunteers
Here are the dates for 2012
Saturday, March 24, 8-4 at the Training Facility
Monday/Tuesday June 4-5, in Administration Building at the El Dorado Correctional Facility
Saturday, September 8, 8-4 at the Training Facility (This is after Labor Day is over)
Monday/Tuesday, November 5-6, in Administration Building at the El Dorado Correctional Facility
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.
When volunteers choose to work at Winfield or Hutchinson, they are required to attend an orientation class or get their training there, to alert them to that facility’s requirements.
For NEW TRAINING, the sooner you schedule, the better.
We need to know 10 days before the date you want to train and we NEED the four-page application filled out quickly.
IF you are a CURRENT ACTIVE VOLUNTEER you can take your four-hour update annual training ANYTIME in 2012. The sooner the better.
Don't put it off to the last date, as something may happen and you will miss your training this year, THEN, if that happens, you must start over with a full eight-hours of training.
NEXT VOLUNTEER TRAINING WILL BE March 24, 2012
If you have questions, call or email our office. 316-733-1537
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CALL OUR OFFICE FOR CLARIFICATION IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS! 316-733-1537
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 FIVE-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 is a 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 Facility, 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 cannot 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 detail.
Lynn Everett McBride, Executive
Director 316-733-1537 -
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