On March 22, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life hosted an event roundtable discussion on “Religion in Prisons,” moderated by Alan Cooperman and featuring  the survey’s lead researchers Stephanie Boddie and Cary Funk, along with guest speakers John DiIulio from the University of Pennsylvania and Tom O’Connor with Transforming Corrections.

The transcript of their presentation and discussion of findings from the 50-state survey detailing professional prison chaplains’ views on their work, the prison system and the changing religious composition of the inmate population, is now available on the Pew Forum’s website. 

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