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January 27, 2019 9:58 pm
Seven years ago, Standing With Hope launched a program - the only one of it's kind in the world - where inmates helped disassemble donated used prosthetic limbs in order to recycle the parts. Standing With Hope is the presenting sponsor of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER. Founded by Gracie and Peter Rosenberger, Standing With Hope has two program areas:
CoreCivic manages and owns private prisons and detention centers around the country, and hosts many faith-based programs within those facilities.  Standing With Hope is one of those programs located at the Metro Davidson County Detention Centers ( Nashville)
Chaplain Henry Davidson (Pictured with Gracie and shop manager Ms Clayton) called the show and shared the value of this and other programs in helping inmates turn their lives around. The success rate is astonishing, and the program has a far reaching impact.Â
Chaplain Davidson is one of my favorite people in the whole world. His passion for wounded and broken lives is evident in the first moments of meeting him. He and his wife also serve as chaplains for the Metro Nashville Police Department. Â
If your company is interested in working with CoreCivic to hire inmates who want to prove they can return to society, rebuild their lives, and make a positive contribution ...please click here to learn more and contact CoreCivic.Â
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This is Peter Rosenberg.
This is over the caregiver 800-6889 522-800-6885 22 were going to get to the phone calls adjustment, but I have a very special guest on the phone.
Chaplain Henry Davison jeopardy with us. I think we all listen. One of my absolute favorite people in the whole world.
He is the chaplain over Metro Davidson correctional facility introducing County correctional facility in Nashville, Tennessee human capital there for what, 12 years I've been a writer and he is a minister. You know I got a taste of Being a minister is hard enough, but being a chaplain in a correctional facility that brings a whole different dynamic doesn't know about our outlook. No minimum provision what God wants me to be in now neighbor the inmate or in need of a chaplain in the preacher Derrico. I did go wherever God, but you also serve as a first responder chaplain to do without the Police Department and should I do. My wife and I we been work with Metropolitan Farm about 13 years now and we do we go to Call out when there's a day out quietly glad we call could be the people out there to communicate where it would probably work with the authors not to enjoy everything we do we do thank God each day for well you the reason have you on is because of stating this opens the present sponsor of the show and we have to program is the family caregiver outreach and then a prosthetic limb outreach, which we've had now for us when we start about seven years ago and I write it right seven years at current.
Well we we launched it over there at the prison and we collect, use prosthetic limbs from all over the country and they go to this particular prison were chaplain Davison serves and he is he is kind of overseeing all this right now and has been there. There you guys got somebody new coming interview, hire somebody because you had one guy got promoted, so that you can fill that spot that you come stepping in and tired on very thankful we are going out Friday and now they would get started in training on this coming Monday, so we are very excited about that will addition to all the other things you do you are helping with that as well.
But it's an unusual plug is only one of the world where inmates were to recycle prosthetic limbs and it's one of the many faith-based programs. Accor civic has in these facilities. They manage around the country. I think that there 80 something correction facilities Accor civic either owns or manages of and faith-based programs are big part of that journey before we get into some more stuff. Tell me little bit about faith-based programs in a correction facility particular, the one year and why that's important and what it what it accomplishes. Well you know we we believe they may go to moderate pain reentered a lot of pain for those inmates in a planet out there and we did feel that if you want to get a fresh start a new start going up read and learn different ways of knowing things in and read it about faith-based program with faint pain, mother and grandmother taught Dale nowadays understand because they are in our old age and everything but I don't guide them looking for something different and I always tell them you know you tried everything else and really got you here.
Why don't we just try something different to try faith-based so you know and we'll put a world of cogwheel program. If standard would hold those guys you know they feel like they're doing something and when they feel like they are given back side and change their minds and hearts and they stated they can do things different DNA wont become a part of then that part I like the I like the change in people is not about means that it is really about wanting fit me in and it came to people having within them to fail for the Wilson's were probably be mentioned that Johnny Hansen taught his program of wheelchairs. They refurbish donated wheelchairs and in the same shop we disassemble and recycle the park from prosthetic limbs got Johnny and Gracie both have programs in that area and I want him. I knew that this we've resonated something with the inmates because I had one of the inmates came up to me and when I was visiting.
He said I never thought about people with disabilities until I started working this program and what I think that's a powerful statement incident in their statement of I enjoy what I please enjoy what I did Johnny admit greatly. God out there with time with it and call the lamp broke bread, yelling and exceeded joint happens on earth they thought me you wouldn't want to be a part of the defendant would hold an MA feel the same way I me when they met her, I mean they look at their situation. He looked at her and they like no man get to be a part of what I feel right now will look even harder appeared in the thing that she does you know inmate inmate one become a part of. I heard one at one point that you receive matter from the inmate you know that all went out and David want to be a part of your program without their eyeballs drop and legs off at the prison, which is the result you could always tell would sit with Elvis have a big week because there's a budget use prosthetic limbs waiting to go through screening at the front of the person, but I wanted one time and and you you put me through the training so I can ask you walk in unescorted. I have a badge and everything else but you put me to training him. I would like to watch the top one of the guys a person he said to me was, you know, please tell Gracie were praying for you know in these inmates when they say the prayer they're serious about they are and had what does this mean to inmates for recidivism a meeting with they go through programs like this.
These did y'all have various programs. Men of valor, you have Johnny friends with wheels for the world you have stayed with hope that when they go through these Programs. What does it mean for these people whether they're coming back or not. What a lot of them really show them that you know that they are warning: care about them not only a warning from one care but needed also in the community and want to animate fine now. They are needed in the community and they'll love, and went out of program. In mean we care about inmate we care about the transition back into the side and it does mean a whole lot that they are not alone and people have not forgotten them that the main thing that you can come into three of the entity and say you need help and we open up and we do what we can do all that makes a big different today on and in and out proud of their product we held our request for people waiting to get in with the world and would hobo, I wondered I will be able to give back to the third word I would David not your back here but I want you back all the world and outlasted you well. I know the lease to several of the left onto never heard of the country of Ghana, for example in here they are actively helping amputees over the country. Some of never even heard of to the start work on this program and their help and what about recycling these parts helping us strip that it's it's a little bit involved. It's not hugely technical but you have to disassemble prosthesis and inventory all the parts with it and so forth. In this incredibly important. What does this mean to recidivism to be involved in these programs will be great.
No doubt that they plan they can do and no and and again at the early made the want to be a part of the program bodily belly for those in the Duncan recidivism means is that they get rearrested, get arrested have to come back and the goal for correction facilities is to have a day recidivism rate that is just below the lower gets the better because we don't want them to have to come back into the prison system. We want to help them get transition back into a better life and so that you have go ahead and continue on their sword. On the rate because we can renewed every community and volunteers and all can come together and in and do what they need to do in order to reduce debt and make our community a better place to live and that when courts even met with all the article all about. It is not about getting them in there and make it a yank on all forget about that.
Now to help them transition back into the sky so that the fact of that law. You know I'm grounded God for me to be a part of the organization in the interviewing great real man. I don't know how you do you a black man you call man is gone and I'm not just saying that I know what I feed on the left field for the things that you do you you work hard to always on the run you write you drop me a call I get phone call.
The lake of beer you know is is all about, you know, in and told me a long you everything. I think that will be received in go directly you and then work alone can ardently retain the prayer ship them like with someone you know really need listen you care for a lot of people you care for inmates you care for cops that are out there in the field you are on the scene with with accidents with family members. You and your wife both doing this that you do something that one of the things we talked about the show. This is hope for the caregiver. We want caregivers to be able to take care of themselves. You do something very special every Friday night to tell us what that is. Well Friday night for two hours out giving all my weight good God and other people.
I got around about to go bold.
I enjoy bolded that the way that I can just remake the wife and I would get there remake have thought to have been out there to go back to work. Less is better. Life will now you know but we are serious about: right. About bowling is noble about it over the years he had both knees replaced and not go she been out for a while. I have been able to vote with you right there with you know and I'm glad to see somebody you visit the tomb of the unknown bowler. I think your risk will listen With this mean so much that you have taken the time to call on this and do this and I really do appreciate this in the work you do, you bring enthusiasm, a passion I want to make sure that you will take care of you sure you don't need 1/3 hour on Friday night for bowling document third hour of writing down what I wanted plated here and not the truth here… The amount of people out there, the court created no date for you, me and inmates and everything, but they are glad to be a part of us spend with hope, but I didn't think God you because the thing that you do the things you do for your wife and forth take care of her. I hope a lot of me as little to show. Because you are a great man of God your great take care of great and not only that, but you take care of other people third world countries. You wait you know you spent a lot of time trying to enable other people to walk and be happy and everything and I can imagine you know one person get over there there picking up something putting me on a nearly anything you did all the kind you know walking around, we thank you for now know how much you know what people if they but I'm telling you right now personal confirmation in court. And although the evening inmate.
We love you my wife.
We love you we love you and great, and one day we will follow up with Nana when I can get you slow well I will be honored and you want to meet today with this and thank you for loving on inmate you know that's close to the heart of our Savior, the set that you know that when I was in prison, you visited me sick naked hungry imprisoned. That's what he said in an you do that you and your wife model that and if folks want to get involved go to core civic.com because a lot of employers out there who may be interested in hiring workers that are wanting to get a second chance. You know, go out to core civic.com. Give them a call and say as an employer. Look, I got some some some jobs that I could use some employees with it. That and I want to take a chance on because they these programs are good. Real quick chaplain. Then we got a go but you said you been there 12 years, and of all that you graduate about 20 2025 people year right through these programs I direct about what you are graduate and accounting. Your program then would hold all we probably average in aware a year we probably get anywhere. Maybe that year that stayed there for year two years in your program so I and so you look at over 300 inmates since you been there.
Well over that almost 400 inmates that you been there, been through these kinds of programs. How many of come back incarcerated.
While the course not.
I was looking at that Peter the other day, I would think about it in and out with a way of you have been our prompting account on both pain maybe. I don't think we had double number knowing that that's astonishing.
That's that's an impressive number that you had that many people go through it and that few come back so that means you guys you guys to get it done right.
Listen I got go to break and thank you. Chaplain Davison thank you and I will put this on the website for folks to listen to as well. So thank you so much for: okay, I'm Tracy Rosenberger. After losing both my legs have a clear understanding of the importance prosthetic limbs explant founded standing with hope prosthetic limb ministry helping workers in Ghana provide limbs for their own people all to point others to Christ.
We provide training, equipment, and even recycled components from use limbs night you to visit standing with help.com today so you can participate@stainingwithhelp.com