I've been a volunteer with CIC for a year and a half now, and it's been a very positive experience. I coordinate men from our church as we go in as a team of six to eight and lead groups of inmates in worship, Bible study, and prayer each week. CIC has coordinated our entry and educated each volunteer for various aspects of the ministry, with particular attention to safety. Their twice-yearly training programs usually seem full to capacity and they are filled with compelling testimony as well as important practical info for volunteers. Our contact with Executive Director Rev. David Robinson has always enhanced our understanding and our enjoyment of the ministry. Meeting Dave, one immediately senses his passion and his expertise. He has personally come to our church and spoken about the mission and practice of CIC, and has visited our volunteer support group with a brief but encouraging and informative program. He is always available by phone or by email, and has responded to every one of my questions or needs as a volunteer. CIC gets my five star rating because they sit in an incredibly complex spot, between churches of all stripes and theologies, and the prison system -- not an easy place to be charged with the coordination and security of myriad volunteer programs. From this challenging space they seem to effectively and even lovingly pull off a huge ministry, I believe not only to inmates, but to churches and to volunteers.