Personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Inmate Services Bureau’s Religious and Volunteer Services Unit and Grace Baptist Church allowed 22 male inmates to invite their children for a one day event at the Pitchess Detention Center, East Facility Fire Camp. The event included food, music, and entertaining carnival games.
“The Returning Hearts Celebration” is a one day event that unites children with their incarcerated fathers. The celebration is an integral part of a parenting program sponsored by the Religious and Volunteer Services Unit that teaches inmates how to become better fathers by promoting personal growth, accountability, and decision making. This event is an excellent way for incarcerated fathers to reconnect and bond with their children; and to work on their relationships which places them on a path towards family reconciliation. Visits that include personal contact between parents and children are very unusual in the county jail system and can only take place under controlled conditions such as this special event.
The Returning Hearts Celebration was hosted by Grace Baptist Church, Santa Clarita. They provided volunteers, food, and fun activities for the inmates who are enrolled in various educational programs while in custody. This was the 10th year this annual event has been held.
There were 35 children invited to participate in the celebration. The children were chaperoned by volunteers from Grace Baptist Church, Santa Clarita. Since the purpose of the celebration is specifically for uniting fathers and their children, no other family members were allowed to attend.
Inmate Services Bureau is responsible for managing 67 inmate educational and vocational programs within seven Los Angeles County jails. There are approximately 16,800 inmates in the Los Angeles County jail system. Within that population more than 7,000 inmates are currently participating in educational programs.
For more information about these programs, visit the Inmate Services Bureau website at: www.inmateservices.lasd.org.
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Wow that’s new how do they pick what inmates get to do that .I personally wouldn’t want my kids to see me in a place like that even though it’s at the fire camp maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I feel but if your going state side then maybe I’d feel differently but you usually only do a year countytime
Over there your kids can wait till they are released only my opinion