The former offers pastoral care, guidance and supervision to releasees who have emotional, spiritual and physical needs. If another needs money to buy steel-toe shoes for a job, I'm helping him look for shoes. As an example he mentions spouse abuse. If the case goes to court, the state takes over, and a prison sentence is likely. The victim might prefer that the perpetrator be sentenced to alternative service so the family can remain together.
Most people know that a prison is like any institution of higher learning.
If a person goes in as a burglar, he or she will come back a better burglar. He also opposes racial profiling, particularly of young African-American males. He's not indifferent to challenges facing Asian or Hispanic males but speaks from experience regarding African Americans. Another time, he said, he was stopped in his car because he happened to fit part of a broadcast description of a person being sought by law officers. We have to break that cycle.