Site Description: Houston InnerChange Freedom Initiative

This prototype site opened on April 21 1997 with 25 inmates. IFI is a Unit within the Jester II 400 bed prison compound, which is a “trustee” camp with the lowest custody (security) level of prison inmates. IFI is a joint effort of Prison Fellowship Ministries, Houston Texas area churches and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). Modelled on the APAC Prison in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasil that was founded in 1973, the groundwork was laid by Texas Governor George Bush’s Advisory Task Force on Faith Based Community Service Groups, (See December 1996, Executive Summary, “FAITH IN ACTION: A New Vision for Church-State Cooperation in Texas”).

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