On October 1, 2010, the Reverend Bob Kimmel began his work as Chaplain at the Carroll County Detention Center. He is employed by the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry, a non-denominational evangelical Christian ministry that exists for the purpose of providing Christian Chaplains to jails and prisons both nationally and internationally. After retiring for Carroll County Government after thirty years of service, Chaplain Kimmel has returned to work with many familiar people, but wears a different hat now. Chaplain Kimmel provides a pastoral presence in the Facility as he ministers to both the inmates and staff members alike. He also spends time weekly in the community communicating to local churches, businesses and the general public about the purpose and goals of Jail Ministry work.

Among other responsibilities of the Chaplain are training religious volunteers and scheduling them for their annual re-certification, which is required by the facility. Most of the religious services are provided by these volunteers. In addition he coordinates and supervises the religious programs that are conducted at the Detention Center.

Currently, there are 11 weekly religious activities and services carried out by the volunteer team and 1 Chaplains study a week. There is a combined Men’s class that is used in order to teach some special courses. Two that we are currently running are “That The World May Know”, filmed on location in Israel that brings the scenes of the Bible to us and makes the Scriptures applicable to every area of our life. The other is “The Way of the Master”, which teaches the importance of following the teachings of the Bible in the area of fulfilling the Great Commission.

We are grateful for our Chaplain and religious volunteers. They play an important role in achieving a better Community for all of us while they strive to break the cycle of crime in individual lives.