With the prison population increasing and less money to work with, the correctional system is in dire need of a revolution. Since the inception of the prison system, religious groups have always been willing to help inmates. In today's society, faith-based programs have taken the lead in prison rehabilitation and reintegration into society. Faith-based programs provide economic benefits, reduce recidivism and crime. This work examines several faith-based programs in the prison system, but focuses specifically on a study done by The Life Learning Program. The US prison population over the past 40 years has increased in an effort to combat crime. “Today, more than 1 in 100 adults are in jail or prison nationwide” (Henrichson 2012). For taxpayers, the amount spent on prison has quadrupled. There are more than 1.5 million inmates incarcerated in all 50 state prison systems. The average annual taxpayer spend on an inmate is $31,286. The cost per inmate, across states, ranges from $14,603 in Kentucky to $60,076 in New York. About 95% of offenders are reintegrated into society and two-thirds of them are likely to be repeat offenders. This is a daunting statistic that requires motivation to seek new avenues that can bring moral change to inmates. The United States has implemented religious education for inmates since the advent of the correctional system. Today, the majority of the prison population is in religious faith-based programs, which pave the way for rehabilitation and reintegration into prisons. There have been a large number of budget cuts in recent years that have resulted in programs in the correctional system. decline. Faith-based volunteer programs have established their role in the correctional system with...... middle of paper ......tion of women. Gilligan's research on women, In a Different Voice (1982), resulted in a model of stages of moral development based on responsibility and concern for self and others rather than justice. » (Swanson 2009). Moral development is what is right or wrong. according to the values ​​of society. Justice is the fundamental principle of moral development, but it is not the only thing necessary for moral development. Responsibility and mutual concern are characteristics that build moral development (Swanson 2009). The second theory used is the Faith Development Theory. Swanson uses Fowler's famous 1981 work on the development of faith, which shows that faith is naturally ingrained in all human beings. “It distinguishes religion from faith in that religion is seen as cumulative traditions and faith as a quest for meaning. Fowler (1996) provides a more detailed analysis