Volunteer
Volunteer Information and Application
VOLUNTEERS are to train at the facility where they are working, or paperwork will need to be sent to the facility where they are working.
For NEW TRAINING or Annual Current Volunteer training, the sooner you schedule, the better.
Facilities need to know 30 days before the date you want to train and we NEED the four-page application filled out quickly.
TRAINING SESSION - EL DORADO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Saturday, February 28th, 2026 | 7:30am-11:00am
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 | 5:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, June 6th, 2026 | 7:30am-11:00am
Tuesday, August 4th, 2026 | 5:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, October 10th, 2026 | 7:30am-11:00am
Tuesday, December 1st, 2026 | 5:30pm-9:30pm
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Contact:
Administrative Assistant, Amber Hoffman – 316-321-7284- extension 2, then ext. 22362 – [email protected]
— or — Chaplain Herbie Haris 316-321-7284 – extension 2, then extension 22308
— or — Central Kansas Prison Ministry [email protected]
TRAINING SESSION - OSWEGO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 | 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 | 5:30pm -9:30pm
TRAINING SESSION - HUTCHINSON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
BEGINNING for BASIC TRAINING
Monday June 20 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday July 18 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday August 22 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Sept. 19 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Oct. 17 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Dec. 19 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
ANNUAL for RETURNING VOLUNTEERS
Monday June 20 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday July 18 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday August 22 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Sept. 19 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Oct. 17 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday Dec. 19 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
All training will be held in the Old White School House on the Central Unit Campus
Contact: Sue Stoecklein for more details.
620-728-7380 – [email protected]
TRAINING SESSION WINFIELD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 | 5:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, August 15th, 2026| 7:30am-11:00am
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026| 5:30pm-9:30pm
Saturday, October 10th, 2026| 7:30am-11:00am
Tuesday, December 1st, 2026| 5:30pm-9:30pm
Chaplain Osborn scheduling as needed
Contact: Chaplain Kevin Mortimer — Email: [email protected]
Phone: 620-705-6026 Extension 56026
Mentoring4Success Training
During this training a volunteer will be instructed in all the do’s and don’ts of working inside prison walls.
After training the volunteer is given an identification badge which allows them to come to the mentoring program, Bible studies, concerts, Sunday services.
When volunteers choose to work at El Dorado, Winfield or Hutchinson, they are required to attend an orientation class or get their training there, to alert them to that facility’s requirements.
Following the required training, a volunteer will be placed in the area of ministry or education where they feel most comfortable. So whether it is a Bible study, Sunday services, the Mentoring Program (M-2) or Education, we will see that you get the help needed for your responsibility.
We especially need volunteers from the Christian Native American, Black, and Asian communities.
Contact: Sue Stoecklein for more details.
Nothing Scheduled right now for the Wichita area.
Contact: Tanya Husselman 316-613-7237 — email: [email protected]
MENTORING through the M-2 program:
Currently the M-2 program is conducted at the El Dorado and Hutchinson facilities. Our greatest need is at the El Dorado Maximum Facility, located east of El Dorado.
In our M-2 Mentoring program, volunteers are assigned to inmates who have common likes and interests. The responsibility of the volunteers is to “mentor” the inmate. The word mentor means to “bring along side and walk with”, and that best defines the interactions.
Volunteers are asked to meet with the inmate once a month and write at least one letter a month. Volunteers cannot help financially or legally.
While in prison, visitations take place in the visitation room of the El Dorado Correctional Facility. This is usually on a Monday night for a 1 1/2 hour session. During that time, the volunteer and inmate can discuss interests, learning and growth, opportunities, family situations study the Bible, play tabletop games, and even drink a coke
Usually during a visitation night, there are 30 to 40 volunteers who go in at one time, so it is a crowded room with lots of laughs mixed with some very serious discussions.
We currently have inmates who are signed up for the program that are in segregation: those who are in lock-down for 23 of 24 hours a day. Visits with those inmates takes place through a tv monitor system. Inmates in segregation look forward to visits more than general population inmates, because they get out of their cells for a while. These visits can also take place on the weekend of the volunteer’s choice.
I hope you will consider becoming a volunteer. Please give our office a call, and I can explain this information in detail.
Central Kansas Prison Ministry [email protected]