Prison Mentoring is all about a mentor volunteer helping a soon-to-be released inmate make a successful transition back into the free-world with emphasis on Faith, Family & Vocation.

A Prison Chaplain or a Volunteer Coordinator initiates the transition by matching a volunteer with an inmate one-on-one.

Mentor volunteers are escorted as a group into a chapel-like setting. Only inmates who have been approved by the Chaplain to participate in the program will be allowed in the chapel.

YES! Let us know 3 weeks ahead of a scheduled program to arrange a visit— with NO obligation to continue. Experience group fellowship & worship. You may sit with an established mentor pairing first and THEN let the Coordinator know if you wish to commit to be a mentor.

21 Years or older

Be approved as a certified TDCJ Volunteer

Take the short on-line mentor training and print a certificate.

Sign TDCJ’s Mentor Pledge and obtain the Chaplain’s approval.

Ex-Offenders may be acceptable.

If you would like to observe one of our programs, please take a look at the units we currently have programs in.