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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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  • .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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  • ..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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  • .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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  • ..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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  • 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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..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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  • ..Michael Lowe finds solitude with his pocket Bible as the ministry preaches nearby at the Michael Prison near Palestine, Texas.
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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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  • Robert Atwater at the Taft Federal Correctional Facility in Bakersfield, California, USA. Photographed for Sports Illustrated....
    Robert Atwater in prison.
  • 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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  • 11/15/02<br />
Pulling away from Houston, Angel reads the letters he received from his girlfriend while incarcerated.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Grandma has a big hug for her grandson.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Fourteen hours afer walking out of prison Angel's mother, Trinidad, right, looks over his official release paper as Angel's sister, Debbie, embraces her brother.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Unsure as to the whereabouts of his family and unable to reach them prior to his release, Angel didn't know if his family was aware of his release. They had not visited him in prison in over a year. While in Houston, Angel called his grandmother and told her of his release. His grandmother said she would call Angel's mom and let her know he would be home in another 12 hours.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel checks out the Houston skyline as the bus nears the station where he would have several hours layover before catching his second bus that would take him home.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel holds a sack containing his letters while clutching his release papers,$100 release check and Greyhound voucher.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
His first stop is to cash his release check so he has money for food on the way home.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel Coronado spent nearly two years in isolation while locked-up in several Texas prisons. He wrote his family and girlfriend regularly but was rarely visited. The moment he walked out of prison in Huntsville at 10:00am on a Friday, he headed for the bus depot to begin his journey home to Donna, Tx near the US/Mexico border. This is a look at the first 24 hours of Angel's release from prison.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Twenty-four hours after his release, Angel finds himself in his mother's clutch while waiting for breakfast at one of Angel's favorite restaurants.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel kisses his new nephew as his younger brother, Timothy, and sister Debbie look on early in the morning of Angel's first day back home.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
His first morning of freedom in years upon him, Angel got up early, dressed and waited patiently for his grandparents to arrive.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel's sister, Mildred, left, and his girlfriend, Amanda Ruiz, are overwhelmed at the sight of Angel who arrived home after midnight.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Almost there, Angel makes his way back to the bus that had made one last stop near midnight for food en route to Harlingen and Donna, Texas.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
While waiting for his connecting bus in Houston, Angel relaxes in a nearby McDonalds.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Just released convicts line-up for their bus to Houson.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
His few possessions in hand, Angel heads to the adjacent Greyhound bus station.
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  • 11/15/02<br />
Angel gets his first taste of freedom in several years.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
    MotherAntonia06.jpg
  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
    MotherAntonia04.jpg
  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
    MotherAntonia03.jpg
  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
    MotherAntonia01.jpg
  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
    MotherAntonia11.jpg
  • Mother Antonia moved out of her Beverly Hills, CA home in 1973 and into one of Latin America's most notorious prisons where she continues to minister to the inmates at La Mesa penitentiary in Tijuana, Mexico. Mother Antonia visits inmates in their cells and in the prison hospital, counsels new inmates and provides spiritual guidance to the incarcerated men and women.
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