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title: New Documentary Explores Religious Revival at U.S. Maximum Security Prisons
date: 2015-10-26T08:52:00-05:00
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# New Documentary Explores Religious Revival at U.S. Maximum Security Prisons 

![New Documentary Explores Religious Revival at U.S. Maximum Security Prisons](https://d2rsf69is707e0.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJqYW5zb24tY29tLXNpdGUtYXNzZXRzIiwia2V5IjoiZ2VuZXJhbC9GQkgtQW1hem9uX1N0YW5kYWxvbmVfQXJ0VGVtcGxhdGVCYWNrZ3JvdW5kLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyIsImpwZWciOnsicXVhbGl0eSI6ODIsInByb2dyZXNzaXZlIjp0cnVlLCJ0cmVsbGlzUXVhbnRpc2F0aW9uIjp0cnVlLCJvdmVyc2hvb3REZXJpbmdpbmciOnRydWUsIm9wdGltaXplU2NhbnMiOnRydWV9LCJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjE0MDAsImhlaWdodCI6Nzg3LCJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciJ9LCJzaGFycGVuIjp0cnVlfX0=)

Janson Media today announced the release of the one-hour documentary film, *Faith in the Big House* to U.S. television, VOD and digital markets.

*Faith in the Big House* explores formulas used by Christian missionaries to convert inmates in America"s prisons. At a maximum security prison farm in Louisiana, a group of Christian evangelicals arrive and conduct a carefully-scripted religious retreat. Five felons, handpicked by the prison warden, join fellow inmates in this 'Encounter with Christ.' Can these misfits -- a gang-banger, a self-styled theologian, a narcissistic rock guitarist, a twitchy jock and a former football phenom -- find redemption? Or will the experience do little to change these men? Can religion keep these convicts from almost inevitably return to lock-up?

Prison ministry leaders, including the late Charles Colson (of Watergate infamy) insist that revivals and bible studies radically reduce the number of inmates who are re-incarcerated. Many of the secular persuasion doubt their findings, favoring traditional rehabilitation and quantifiable results. *Faith in the Big House* considers who will be in charge of turnkey re-entry programs in the penitentiary, including job and addiction counseling. Will it be the new armies of faith-based volunteers?

*Faith in the Big House* was produced and directed by Jonathan Schwartz of Boston-based [Interlock Media](http://www.interlockmedia.com/).

Read more about *Faith in the Big House* on the film's official [website](http://www.faithinthebighouse.com/).