Have you ever set foot in a prison?

[Green Monstah]

A city jail, but not a prison.

[Moliere]

I don't remember much about the details or how it was arranged anymore, but I went to the prison in Draper to help with a church service there.

It was a bit surreal going through various locked doors to get into where the inmates were hanging around. I was mostly an observer - someone else did the speaking.

It was interesting, but nothing to get super excited about.

My dad does this now as one of his callings.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Why exclude jails?

You're most welcome to tell jail stories....

[happyone]

Mostly the UK. Castle Rushen on the Isle of Man, Stirling Castle in Scotland, Tower of London. The Bastille in Paris (the site where it was, so not technically inside)

I've been quite a few castles in Germany as well as a few in Britain
I've also been a military stockade, but I don't know if that would qualify

[Paperback Writer]

I played softball on a team that played inside a prison against a couple of inmate teams. They were very appreciative that we came to visit and play. I also umpired softball in a league that included a team of inmates. For the most part, those games were no different than the hundreds of other games I umpired during my college years but I did have one experience that got a little dicey. The game got started on the wrong foot when an inmate accused me of using a "fixed" coin on the coin flip to determine home team. Seems he had never seen a fifty cent piece before and I had to show him that it did not contain heads on both sides and he had to be reassured by his teammates that it was a legitimate coin. Later in the game when some close calls (and some not so close calls) didn't go the inmates way, he started threatening me, telling me that he would hold me responsible. The guards asked me if I wanted him removed from the field (their manager already substituted for him) to wait on the prison bus but I thought it best to let him remain in the dugout. The inmate team came back and won the game and secretly I was glad because I was terrified that I would be "held responsible" if they lost.

[Scott R Nelson]

Does Alcatraz count?

Wait! I've been to Alcatraz. Should I change my vote?

[Sleeping in EQ]

Wait! I've been to Alcatraz. Should I change my vote?

Was it a prison when you were there? Was it a tourist destination?

[SeattleUte]

Yes. The good part about being on death row is that you get your own suite. Nobody is going to stab you in the liver while you're sleeping.

[Pelado]

Yes. The good part about being on death row is that you get your own suite. Nobody is going to stab you in the liver while you're sleeping.

Sounds like you're enjoying the accommodations.

[YOhio]

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

[Copelius]

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

That reminds me. I need to get back with a lady in our ward who is serving there with her husband. She asked me a couple weeks ago about voice lessons for some of the prisoners. My wife is encouraging me, and since I would need an accompanist, I would be bringing her anyhow.

[frank ryan]

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

I've heard it's very rewarding. I also people who've helped facilitate 12-step meetings in correctional facilities enjoy it.

You can always volunteer to help them with life skills or something. I'd thought about volunteering to help county inmates with learning how to read.

[hostile]

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

My parents did that at the youth detention center. One of their favorite callings.

[Bo Diddley]

That reminds me. I need to get back with a lady in our ward who is serving there with her husband. She asked me a couple weeks ago about voice lessons for some of the prisoners. My wife is encouraging me, and since I would need an accompanist, I would be bringing her anyhow.

That would be very cool.

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

Ministering to those in prison--doesn't get much more Christ-like than that.

[CJF]

I think a cool calling would be to minister in a prison branch.

A good friend of mine and his wife have a five year calling to the Davis County jail. They are among 5 senior couples from our stake. They absolutely love it. They have both Sunday and weekday assignments.