Prison Ministry is
a division of Going Against
the Grain Group.
Prison Ministry
Welcome to the Going Against the
Grain Prison Ministry where we are working to help reform the
uninformed. There are over 900,000 black male inmates in prison
across America. This equates to roughly 44%. When taking into
account the areas that are scantly Black populated, the inmate
ratio of the Black community skyrockets to almost 80% of those
incarcerated even though Blacks only account for 13% of the U.S.
population.
This not only poses a problem for Blacks. It also poses a
problem for all nationalities and races. A study in 2005
revealed that the Black male inmate population were collectively
serving over 15,000,000 years in prison. These are years of
fathers away from children, husbands away from dads and sons
away from parents. Incarceration not only houses a person
physically, it also houses them mentally with all that their
potential has to offer the community. When they return to
society, over 70% of them return within the first 3 years of
their freedom (recidivism). This is due to the lack of true
rehabilitation.
Going Against the Grain's mission is to get our book "Blacks:
From the Planation to the Prison" into the hands of at least 10%
(100,000) of the black male prison population. We will then
build a wall called the "Informed Inmate" within our website
with all of the names of the prisons who obtained our book. This
book speaks directly to those who do not have a clear picture of
how their poor decisions affect their future and how these
decisions ultimately lead them to prison. You can do so by
making your purchase here and providing us with the delivery
address of the inmate you know, or by making a donation. Your
donation will go towards books being shipped to prisons across
America we have partnered with.
Thanks for your support and keep "Going Against the Grain"!
