Prison Ministry

Help for Leaders and Ministering Support

  • Contents

  • Introduction

  • Stake Responsibilities

  • Identifying Needs

  • Selecting Church and Community Resources

  • Policies for Correspondence

  • Policies for Groups and Worship Services

  • Safety

  • Working with Others

  • Managing Records and Resources

  • Repentance and Progress along the Path to the Savior

  • Ministering to Individuals and Families with a Loved One Who Is Incarcerated

Help for Leaders and Ministering Support


Help for Leaders and Ministering Support

  • Introduction

    A man, presumably a chaplain or member of a bishopric, sits in a room visiting with an inmate. They appear to be in conversation together.   Special Services of the Priesthood department has requested that PSD capture images of various Correctional facilities that will be used on websites and curriculum targeted to spiritually support LDS members in correctional confinement and their families.

  • Stake Responsibilities

    Counsel with the Council

  • Identifying Needs

    Inmates sit around a variety of tables. Around them are other men and women instructing and helping them.   Special Services of the Priesthood department has requested that PSD capture images of various Correctional facilities that will be used on websites and curriculum targeted to spiritually support LDS members in correctional confinement and their families.

  • Selecting Church and Community Resources

    Elder James Turner and his wife, Rene, make their way to the Las Vegas Transitional Services Office in Nevada on Monday, August 9, 2021. The couple volunteer as service missionaries to connect individuals that seek to stabilize their lives with temporal assistance, unemployment support and general information about community and government resources.

  • Policies for Correspondence

    Missionary Letters

  • Policies for Groups and Worship Services

    Various men in a correctional facility attend a church meeting.

  • Safety

    A prison guard stands near inmates who are in a meeting.

  • Working with Others

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  • Managing Records and Resources

    Woman's hands searching for file in filing cabinet. Tops of colored files show. (horiz)

  • Repentance and Progress along the Path to the Savior

    hands holding open book

  • Ministering to Individuals and Families with a Loved One Who Is Incarcerated

    Hug