Warden As Missionary

James Ridgeway profiles Burl Cain of Louisiana's Angola prison complex, a warden who also happens to be its main Christian proselytizer:

Stan Moody, a onetime prison chaplain in Maine who has met with ex-Angola prisoners, believes that "Cain is without question a committed Christian" who "cares about the downtrodden and disadvantaged in a way that's sadly missing in prisons across the US." But he questions pushing religion onto a "literally captive" audience, especially in exchange for better treatment. What Cain seems to be creating at Angola, Moody warns, is an atmosphere of "imposed Christian values" designed to put "notches on the old salvation belt."