PRAM

Supporting Central New York’s Prison Culture Inside and Out

Prison Ministry - Episcopal Diocese of Rochester

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Hebrews 13.3

Participating Churches Include:

St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Rochester — PRAM Headquarters

Church of the Good Shepherd, Webster, NY

Ascension Episcopal Church in Rochester

St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene Episcopal Church in Rochester

St. Luke Episcopal Church in Brockport

St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Henrietta, NY

Service Agencies Currently Working with PRAM Include:

Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA in Monroe Correctional Facility) Catholic Family Center (Working with Drug Court Clients at CFC)

Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (working in Monroe Correctional Facility)

Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry (Working in Monroe Correctional Facility and in Monroe County Jail)

Step-by-Step of Rochester (Working in Albion Correctional Facility)

Judicial Process Commission (in collaboration to support re-entry services)

For more information about PRAM, becoming a PRAM church, or starting / joining existing service ministries, contact Richard Laidlaw -- Chair at (585) 218-4005 or e-mail him at dlaidlaw@frontiernet.net.

Prison Re-entry and Aftercare Ministries (PRAM)

PRAM is a coalition of Rochester Area Episcopal Churches collaborating to provide in-reach to prisoners, long term mentoring and assistance to ex-offenders during re-entry back into the community and support for their families. Relationships are established through various service ministries provided during and after incarceration by volunteers from the participating churches. PRAM is headquartered at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2000 Highland Avenue in Rochester, and is chaired by Richard Laidlaw.

Becoming a PRAM Church: Churches seeking to join PRAM must first have approval from their respective vestries (Churches of other denominations are welcome to join PRAM as long as permission has been granted by their governing bodies.). Then, volunteers or groups of volunteers in each church establish service ministries (or join existing service ministries) to begin working with potential clients. Volunteers who have established lasting relationships with clients maintain those relationships for a period of several years while clients are in the re-entry process. Through attending regular PRAM meetings, volunteers benefit from networking with other participants in providing needed services to clients.

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