18 Inmates Get Baptized In South Carolina Prison After Turning To Faith

Oct 15, 2019 by apost team

The US justice system is supposed to put a lot of emphasis on the rehabilitation of criminals while they are in prison. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out the way the system intends.

Enters a new approach to salvation for a group of 18 South Carolina inmates who were just baptized as they individually and as a group decided to turn their lives towards faith.

This amazing revelation took place in recent days at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center in Darlington, South Carolina. The inmates sought salvation as the end result of a revelation and initiative put forward by Darlington County Sheriff Tony Chavis.

Chavis, a veteran law enforcement officer, has spent a good portion of his career watching the system fail its inmates. During a "stop the violence" meeting with inmates and law enforcement officials earlier this year, he came up with the idea to use faith-oriented counseling and mentoring to help inmates find a new path in life.

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Chavis told Fox News, he wanted to do something “in an attempt to stop the return of these young men and women back into the system.” He added, “So if we are able to touch one of these lives for Christ … that they know they don’t have to stay in a life of crime … so they would have a way out of prison through the Lord. People care about them. I care about them. I care about their safety. I care about them beyond my walls here at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center.”

His initiative came to fruition as 18 inmates, who ere headed down the wrong path in life, decided to take another path through baptism.

While this new initiative was his own brainchild, Chavis had outstanding support from the local community. The support came from the likes of local ministers and leaders who stepped in to voluntarily provided faith-based guidance sessions for all interested inmates. Leadership was also provided by Democratic state Rep. Robert Williams, who participated in the program along with other volunteer veterans.

In posts on the Sheriff Department's Facebook page, a number of local citizens chimed in with their approval of the program as well as wishes directed at the brave and committed 18 inmates.

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