Conversations with Prisoners, by Jack Kennevan

Jack Kennevan visited with inmates at the Hamilton County Justice Center nearly every week for over 10 years.  After retiring from an inspiring career as a high school teacher, coach, and principal, he was trained and volunteered as a jail chaplain through Transforming Jail Ministries.  Through those years, Jack wrote 290 letters, one a week to inmates with whom he met who could then have something upon which to reflect back in their cell after talking with Jack at a simple table with two chairs.

Conversations with Prisoners is a selection of about 40 of those inspiring letters, curated by Helen Buswinka and Brian Shircliff.

Jack has generously offered this collection of letters and interviews with him about his experiences to be published with proceeds supporting VITALITY Cincinnati’s holistic mission and ministry, just as his pastor Richard Bollman, S.J. has done with Selected Homilies. In honor of Jack, VITALITY will make a donation of a portion of the proceeds of Conversations with Prisoners to Transforming Jail Ministries.

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