Mariposa Prison & Parole Ministry

Resource Kit 

Hollywood Lutheran Church is actively seeking partners, collaborators and donors to broaden the base of its prison ministry, now in its third year and already working with more than 60 inmates in 11 California prisons and with parolees in Los Angeles County.

Materials from the workshop presented October 29 are available on this page for download:

Who are We Talking About? ~ National and California Statistics about incarceration, parole and recidivism.
Overview of Prison Ministry in the Southwest California Synod
A Brief Criminal Justice Glossary ~ 18 terms you need to understand
What Can Anyone/Any Congregation Do? ~ Ten basic pointers from the ELCA’s study paper “Hearing the Cries: Faith and Criminal Justice”
Mariposa Ministries Model ~ five key components for ministry
Web Links & Resources ~ Governmental, Legal and Organizational Programs
Commitments of This Church ~ The underlying values of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America regarding criminal justice issues
A Social Statement on The Death Penalty ~ published by the ELCA in 1991
“Juvenile inmates often isolated nearly 24 hours straight” ~ from California Watch
Going Before the Judge: Congregational Worksheet
Mariposa Prison & Parole News, 8 pp., June 2011
Good News for Inmates ~ Mariposa Ministries tri-fold brochure