As more resources have gone into building new prison "beds" in recent years, less funding has been available for investing in services that reduce offender recidivism and thereby enhance public safety. ^[1]   Volunteers and mentors from the community can, to some degree, augment corrections staff in providing these services. For example, although there has not been a great deal of outcome research on the effects of faith-based programming, some studies have found that prisoners who participate in faith-based programming while incarcerated receive fewer disciplinary infractions and are less likely to be arrested in the first year after their release than those who do not participate in such programming. ^[2]   , ^[3]