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  • .Volunteer counselors stress the significance of preaching to inmates in segregation for they are often the most open to salvation. Many convicts avoid Christian counselors while in the general prison population for fear of being seen as weak. Here, Tanya Wilkens prays with a volunteer counselor in isolation at Plane State Jail in Texas.
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  • ..Inmates reach for free Christian literature inside the Pitchess Honor Rancho, part of the sprawling LA County Jail system that houses 21,000 inmates, the world's largest prison population. The books are titled "The Four Spiritual Laws," writeen in Spanish for the large spanish-speaking prison population. The Christian volunteers are not allowed to bring in Bibles.
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  • ..Coming from 36 different states as well as Puerto Rico,  Christian evangelists descended on Los Angeles in January for a chance to preach to the world's largest jail population for 48 hours. The volunteer counselors, answering a call to service from the Bill Glass Prison Ministry, kicked the mission off with a prayer for success in converting the convicts into Christians.
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  • .Conrad Vela was baptized Christian while incarcerated in a Texas prison. He was in the isolation unit at Goree and attends prison services when not in isolation. Many prisons require inmates to attend several Chapel services before issuing Bibles and crosses. Vela was allegedly released from prison but convicted of additional crimes and subsequently re-incarcerated.
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  • ..Many of the volunteer Christian counselors who traverse the country on behalf of hundreds of prison ministries are ex-cons and bikers who feel they can appeal to the inmates tough nature. Ed Breen has preached in dozens of prisons on behalf of the Bill Glass Ministry.
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  • .En route to their second day ministering at a women?s prison outside Huntsville, a bus load of Christian volunteers pray for success in ?saving? the convicts. By the end of the two day program over 200 inmates at the Plane State Jail were "saved."
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  • Inmate Paul Zelaya listens with fellow inmates at Pitchess Honor Rancho to a Christian volunteer exorting the virtues of Christianity. Pitchess is part of the sprawling LA County Jail system that houses 21,000 inmates, the world's largest prison population.
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  • .Gust Paleologos, seated, and Richard Quick, take time in the segregated unit at Pitchess Honor Rancho to pray with an inmate as another volunteer Christian counselor greets an inmate in the background. Bill Glass is adament about his volunteers taking on a fatherly role to the inmates who often are without family.
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  • ..Volunteer counselors move in to pray with inmates on the yard at Coffield Prison near Palestine, Texas. Inmate Marlin Ray Theis, left, said he became a Christian a year earlier at the hands of another prison ministry.
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Nikki Farr was born into the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in Saugus, California. Farr escaped from the compound when she was 15 yrs old by crawling through ditches and over barbed wire after years of lewd talk by the Pastor Tony Alamo. (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • .Bill Glass, who founded the nation?s most fervent frontline prison ministry in 1972 after an illustrious pro football career, asks inmates at Goree Prison in Hunstsville, Texas to leave a life of crime behind and commit themselves to a Christian life.
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  • ..The Bill Glass Prison Ministry draws Christian volunteers from all over the country to preach inside the nation's prison. The typical 48-hour weekend blitz will result in the volunteers preaching, as was the case here in Los Angeles, in ten different facilities in an effort to reach 21,000 inmates. These counselors try to catch a quick nap between groups of inmates inside the Chapel at Mens Central Jail in Los Angeles.
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  • ..Plane State Jail inmate Shirley Berry breaks down and is comforted by a volunteer counselor after being led through the "Sinners Prayer" and being born-again as a Christian.
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  • Huey Nguyen, right, a ex-con who frequents prisons preaching Christian salvation for Breakout Ministries as well as Bill Glass  Prison Ministry, greets inmates at Pitchess Honor Rancho, one of the ten different units that comprise the sprawling Los Angeles County Jail system which houses 21,000 inmates, the world's largest jail population.
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  • ..Bill Glass appeals to some of the 1500 inmates at the Boyd Prison near Palestine, Texas. He and his army of Christian volunteers preached in nine different prison units in two days, urging thousands of inmates to be ?saved? by his ministry.
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: The home church for members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries is in Saugus, California. T  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 20.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 17.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 15.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 15_BW.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 14_BW.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 13.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 13_BW.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
    Abortion Protest 12_BW.jpg
  • Members and supporters of the Christian Coalition stage a pro life demonstration during the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries pass out leaflets in an effort to recruit new members into the church. The Tony Alamo Ministry, named as a cult and a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has been recruiting along Hollywood Boulevard for several decades.  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: Nikki Farr was born into the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in Saugus, California. Farr escaped from the compound when she was 15 yrs old by crawling through ditches and over barbed wire after years of lewd talk by the Pastor Tony Alamo. (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: The home church for members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries is in Saugus, California. T  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • HOLLYWOOD, CA, August 15, 2007: The home church for members of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries is in Saugus, California. T  (Photo by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)
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  • ..Inmates are approached by volunteer Christians who were preaching for 48-hours inside the Pitchess Honor Rancho, part of the sprawling LA County Jail system. Over 5100 inmates, according to records kept by the Bill Glass Prison Ministry, were born-again during that time.
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  • Inmates Santiago Marin, front left, Vera Monico, Larry Gooden, center, and Willie Charleston, right, pray during service in yard at Coffield Prison in Texas where the Bill Glass Ministry appealed to 4200 inmates in a 48 hour blitz to lead them to salvation as born-again Christians.
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  • ..After appealing to thousands of inmates for two days to follow him to salvation via Christianity, a volunteer counselor for the Bill Glass Prison Ministry says goodbye on Sunday morning at the Pitchess Honor Rancho, part of the sprawling LA County Jail system.
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  • ..Alternating between despair and joy, inmate Rose D. Brown enjoys the gospel songs being sung by members of the Bill Glass Prison Ministry inside the Twin Towers Jail, part of the sprawling LA County Jail. The ministry sent hundreds of volunteers into the world's largest jail system for 48-hours to convince the convicts to become Christians.
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  • ..Texas trails only California in inmate population. The numbers of inmates has been doubling in each decade as more and more criminals, particularly drug offenders, are subjected to tougher sentencing. In the Boyd Prison near Palestine, Texas, inmates gather to listen to Christians talk about eternal salvation.
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  • Nate Montana, son of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, works out at Steve Clarkson's quarterback camp.
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  • Nate Montana, son of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, works out at Steve Clarkson's quarterback camp.
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  • Nate Montana, son of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, works out at Steve Clarkson's quarterback camp.
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  • An inmate with a jail issued cross inside the segregation unit at Pitchess Honor Rancho, one of the ten different units that comprise the sprawling Los Angeles County Jail system which houses 21,000 inmates, the world's largest jail population.
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  • Nate Montana, son of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, works out at Steve Clarkson's quarterback camp.
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  • Nate Montana, son of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, works out at Steve Clarkson's quarterback camp.
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  • Leonard Knight lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. Knight spent 14 years painting a hillside religious tribute seen at the entrance to Slab City.
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  • Leonard Knight lives at Slab City, a deserted World War II training ground where concrete slabs that served as foundations are used by squatters, misfits, loners and others who want to remain on the fringe of society. Knight spent 14 years painting a hillside religious tribute seen at the entrance to Slab City.
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  • ..Michael Lowe finds solitude with his pocket Bible as the ministry preaches nearby at the Michael Prison near Palestine, Texas.
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  • INGLEWOOD, CA, OCTOBER 22, 2006:     Angel Brown is the mother of hate crime murder victim Christopher Brown. She moved away from Highland Park after her son was murdered. She now lives in predominantly black Inglewood, CA in a small apartment where she spends time with her grandchildren. The three boys are Chris-Chris, 13, back right, Christian, 12, back left, Chrishawn, 10, back middle. Seated is Angelique, 10. These are the children of victim Christopher Brown....Photograph by Todd Bigelow/Aurora)...
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