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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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • .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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  • 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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  • 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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • 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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  • ..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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  • .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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