Nonprofit Organization Raises Chapel Funds for Texas Inmates
CUERO, Texas — The Stevenson Unit Chapel Fund Association intends to solicit donations and grants to help build a chapel for all faiths at the Clarence N. Stevenson Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) in Cuero.
The TDCJ’s rehabilitation programs, including religious services, have had an impact on the number of offenders returning to prison. In fact, the TDCJ has one of the lowest rates in the country, according to the Stevenson Unit Chapel Fund Association’s website.
A new Texas law eliminating proxy marriages, a marriage that involves a wedding in which one party is absent, has ultimately ended marriages for incarcerated inmates.