CW: "[I]nmates who received as little as 10 hours of Bible studies
a year via Prison Fellowhip were rearrested one year after
release at a rate of 14 percent, while otherwise comparable
(i.e., same offense history, same age) inmates who did not
receive the [Prison Fellowship] intervention recidivated [committed
another crime] at three times that rate." [This is cited by
John J. DiIluio, Jr, in his article "The Coming of the Super-Preachers,"
published in the June 23, 1997 edition of 'The Weekly Standard'.]
Of course a correlation is not a causation. Perhaps criminals who are less
likely to repeat their mistakes are more likely to be involved in a prison
fellowship program ?
To use this as support of the transformative value of Christian worldview
requires a bit more evidence than a mere correlation.