California Prison Crisis Solution, B. Wayne Hughes, Jr. ... "Cultural Change": Full Disclosure Network® Video

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Jun 25, 2013, 06:07 ET

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Featured in a new FDN Profile Interview series, Citizen Statesman B. Wayne Hughes, Jr. describes his enthusiastic support for prison programs working to "change the culture." He details a program named TUMI, the acronym for The Urban Ministry Institute which he supports through the "Serving California Foundation." In the interview he explains to FDN Emmy Award-winning host Leslie Dutton about the need to change prison culture from violence to peace. The two-part interview is available on the Full Disclosure Network® website and distributed to public cable channels in major cities throughout the nation. Watch online from this URL:
http://www.fulldisclosure.net/2013/05/usa-woes-call-for-culture-change-b-wayne-hughes-jr-635-636/

An American Success Story Leads Hughes To A New Mission: Change Culture, Change Politics.

B. Wayne Hughes, Jr. describes his life's path from janitor to realtor, to making a difference and why. After supporting political endeavors and spending time in Washington, D.C. he gave up on politics. He came home to his native California to address the prison crisis with a proven program "to change the hearts of hardened criminals," working to solve that crisis. He recalls the work of Chuck Colson, the Prison Fellowship Ministry and Warden Burl Cain who changed the notorious Louisiana Angola prison from "the bloodiest" to "the safest" prison in the country.

Can Prison Crisis Be Solved By Converting "Gangsters To Pastors?"

The Serving California Foundation was formed by Wayne Hughes, Jr. specifically to support programs like TUMI where for 3-1/2 years prison inmates study to become pastors. The seminary training program has 850 men in 26 prisons who are participating and graduating.

Will ACLU Support A Christian Prison Ministry?

When asked whether TUMI prison ministry programs will have support from the ACLU, Hughes says he is certain they share the same concerns about prison violence and would support efforts to find alternatives to failed programs. He points out that insolvency of government has created an opportunity for the citizenry to step up and serve, "if you care and see something needs to be done….just do it". He says when the citizenry is not involved, there is a disconnect from the blessings of helping and the joy of serving to be a part of the solution to stopping the cycle of prison recidivism.