Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries of Oklahoma

Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (cjamm) has three major locations - exodus house Oklahoma city, exodus house tulsa, and the parsonage house tulsa. These locations serve as a landing spot for those leaving incarceration to begin a fresh, health, and stable new life. The six-month program offers support groups, faith services, community service, counseling/therapy, and guidance on getting employment, reunifing with family, and working with the court system. While in the program, the clients pay rent-equivalent as part of the financial planning. These dollars, minus a small program fee, are placed in a savings account for the clients to use as deposits at long-term housing upon completion of the program. Through donations, the clients also receive a household of furniture and supplies to set up their permanent housing. The current recidivism rate is 3.1 percent for those who complete the program - meaning that almost 97 percent of those graduates never re-offend or are reincarcerated

New day camp is a five-day camp experience for children ages 8-14 who have at least one incarcerated parent or guardian. These children are tossed between extended family members or foster care and are the forgotten victims of crime and incarceration. Philanthropic support, grants, and scholarships allow the children to attend camp where there are social activities, spiritual programs, health education, and lots of food. Many of these children suffer from food deprevation. Transportation is provided to and from camp. Children may arrive with no clothing, toiletries, or bedding. Donors provide all those items for each child to have during camp and to take home with them. That ranges from homemade quilts to a brand new pair of tennis shoes. Children above age 14 may return as leaders in training (lit) for camp to help with supervision and camp curriculum. This keeps the children engaged and prepares them to become adult leaders at future camps. Cjamm maintains regional and local programming for the children throughout the year with other activities in an effort to strength relationships and opportunities for mentoring.

Redemption missions is located in Oklahoma city and lawton as a place for those in the final stages of incarceration, unually a work center, to worship with family and others who are Criminal Justice friendly. Approved and badged volunteers pick up the inmates and return them to the facilities at the end of the service. There are educational programs following the service and meal that can earn inmates good-time credit toward their sentence