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From a Shanti Client "I felt safe and I learned that I can share and trust others. You may not know this, but you really had a big influence on me. You helped me open some doors and thoughts that I pushed down so far that I didn't know they were even there. Today I am attempting to work with those." From an inmate to his Shanti volunteer |
Shanti Inmate Support Program
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Shanti
Volunteers Serve Inmates at the King County Jail
In keeping with its commitment
to increase accessibility to emotional support, Shanti has initiated
a program providing support to inmates in the King County Correctional
Facility (KCCF). The program ensures that inmates who are living
with HIV/AIDS or other life-threatening illnesses will have an
opportunity to receive one-to-one emotional support from one of
our specially-trained volunteers at the jail.
The need for emotional support
at the jail is substantial, since the incidence of HIV/AIDS among
inmates is high. Most come from segments of society
that are already marginalized. Few have many - if any - opportunities
to talk about their feelings.
Since its inception in 1999, the program at the KCCF has helped
Shanti in its attempt to make services available to as wide and
diverse a population as possible. Without Shanti's presence at
the jail, many inmates would have no one in whom to confide their
feelings of fear, grief, and loneliness. Reports from jail personnel, inmates,
and volunteers are positive.
To learn more about being a Shanti volunteer, please visit our Volunteer Page. You may also contact us at 206.324.1520 x3 or shanti@multifaith.org.
