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The Howard County Detention Center (HCDC) , Christian Jail Ministry (CJM) addresses spiritual, personal, and social needs of inmates and staff. About half of the inmates at HCDC come from Howard County, a third come from Baltimore (City or County), and the rest come from other nearby jurisdictions and elsewhere. A synopsis of jail inmates can be obtained by clicking here.

In the community, CJM addresses spiritual, personal, and social needs of former inmates and inmate families on an ad hoc basis and encourages their involvement in community churches. CJM provides training for volunteers and ministers to their needs. CJM encourages churches to minister to prisoners and their families, and calls upon the community to better meet the needs of former inmates and inmate families.

In all programs, CJM emphasizes God’s power to change lives through Jesus Christ.

This page provides links to CJM program descriptions (grouped as programs at HCDC and as programs in the community), links to churches involved in CJM programs, and provides an activity summary from CJM programs in 1998 and 1999.

CJM Programs at the Howard County Detention Center (HCDC) in Jessup, Maryland. A synopsis (activity summary) of inmate and volunteer participation in these programs indicates the scope and extent of CJM's ministry.

For more detailed information,

click on group activities, individual activities, or other links indicated.

  • Worship services
  • Bible classes, Christian videos, etc.
  • Pastoral counseling
  • Christian "Twelve Step" programs to counter addictions
  • Discipleship training
  • Distribution of Scriptures and Christian literature
  • Bible correspondence courses
  • Poetry review and guidance
  • Volunteer orientation, supervision, and religious program coordination
CJM Programs in the Community
  • Grading inmate Bible correspondence course lessons
  • Christmas/school help for inmate children
  • Social help for inmates, inmate families, and former inmates.
  • Community awareness activities: challenging churches to be part of the ministry to prisoners in our area and challenging the community to care about the needs of former prisoners and the families of inmates and former prisoners.

Churches involved in CJM Programs

  • Churches Providing Facilities
     
  • Churches Providing Social Help for Inmate Families and Former Inmates
  • Churches Involved as Church Groups
  • Churches Providing Significant Numbers of Individuals in CJM Programs
  • Churches and Organizations Contributing to CJM

Our apologies if we inadvertently failed to mention an involved church or group – the omission was not intentional. We appreciate everyone involved in this important ministry to prisoners.

There are religious programs at HCDC beyond CJM's. CJM chaplains assist the HCDC administration by providing orientation for volunteers in those programs and by helping to coordinate times and locations of all religious activities at HCDC.

Download CJM's synopsis of activities for the previous year here