Once people are sentenced to prison, they are often forgotten by the public.
They become nameless statistics, anonymous mouths for taxpayers to feed, individuals rotting away in the mess they’ve made for themselves.
And there are reasons these people are in prison. They’ve committed crimes — sometimes horrific ones — and must pay for what they’ve done with their loss of freedom.
But they should never become nonpersons.
Earlier this month, Gary Armes, senior pastor at Hickory Valley Christian Church, took part in a ministry that is making a difference for good and for God at Walker Correctional Institute in Rock Spring, Ga.