IAABO Citizen of the Month: BillyMac!

[JRutledge]

Congrats Billy. I am sure it is very well deserved.

Peace

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Congrats Billy. I am sure it is very well deserved.

Thanks. Credit should go to the guys who started this Ministry two years before I joined. Between the Connecticut Department of Corrections and the Archdiocese there was enough red tape to fill a forty-foot shipping container. Even now three years later, it takes up to six months to get new Ministry members approved (fingerprints, criminal background check, references, etc.).

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

...criminal background check...

Hahahahahahaha.
I mean, I get it, but the idea of having to pass a criminal background check to go to a prison...

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

Hahahahahahaha.
I mean, I get it, but the idea of having to pass a criminal background check to go to a prison...

My better half is HR for a construction company that does epoxy flooring, and they get a lot of contracts for jails and prisons. They've had more than one employee get in trouble for engaging in contraband transport.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Raymond

They've had more than one employee get in trouble for engaging in contraband transport.

Once we gave away plastic rosary beads to the inmates in our Faith Sharing Group. The rosary beads eventually ended up being used as gang symbols.

The Department of Corrections almost shut down our Ministry due to our transgression.

It's a whole different world "inside".

Black. White. No gray.