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"There's been a moral awakening in this prison like never before. The inmates went from negative to positive. Now there is something to achieve and to work toward. Warden Cain may call it moral rehabilitation to non-believers, but the truth is, Jesus is in this place and hearts are changing. Hope is alive here. Angola has become a peaceful and livable place, where inmates who desire to adapt and make something of themselves can do so, even if they'll never get out of here alive."

(Angola, La.)—Baptist Press News reports that Louisiana's Angola Prison, once called the bloodiest prison in America, now has a new reputation as a place of hope under the rule of "one-of-a-kind warden" Burl Cain, credited for the "unprecedented transformation" of the prison. 

According to the report, Cain is zealous for Jesus Christ and believes he is warden of the prison to achieve God's purposes there. "I truly believe these men can rebuild their lives—lives that have been shattered by awful crimes—if they embrace a genuine change of heart," he says.

The report explains that when Cain oversaw the first execution of one of the prisoners there, he says "I didn't worry about what he must have been experiencing in the hours before his death. I didn't go to his last meal, and I didn't share Jesus with him."

But when the prisoner died, Cain notes, "I felt him go to hell as I held his hand. Then the thought came over me: I just killed that man. I said nothing to him about his soul. I didn't give him a chance to get right with God. What does God think of me? I decided that night I would never again put someone to death without telling him about his soul and about Jesus."

Used by Permission Breaking Christian News www.BreakingChristianNews.com   Source: Dennis Shere BPNews

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