CHANGE A STORY, CHANGE A DESTINY

Bunk 57 Ministries diverts youth from the school-to-prison pipeline, delivers faith-based media through hip-hop and cinema projects, and promotes successful re-entry through education, training, and mentorship.

Too many people are told to do better, then left alone to figure out how. A young man feels pressure to follow the crowd. A parent watches the same trouble circle back through the family. Someone coming home from incarceration needs more than encouragement, they need a real path to work, housing, recovery, and restored trust.

Bunk 57 Ministries walks with people through the work of rebuilding.

Grounded in Jesus Christ and shaped by lived experience, we bring together mentoring, family support, recovery resources, discipleship, and practical next steps. We serve young people before destructive choices become a pattern, adults rebuilding after incarceration, addiction, trauma, or mental health challenges, and families determined to break cycles that have held them back for too long.

We do not reduce people to their record, their worst decision, or the season they are trying to survive. We see who they can become, tell the truth with compassion, and stay close enough to help them move forward.

Life Restoration Program

Stigma can be a significant impediment to successful reintegration into society after being released from prison. It can lead to:
  • Discrimination in housing, employment, and other areas of community involvement. People with criminal backgrounds, for example, may be denied access to subsidized housing.
  •  Bad feelings about oneself, reluctance to seek help, and social disengagement
  • Rejection by family, friends, and the community
  •  Physical stress and social isolation, posing health
The Life Restoration Program is a re-entry initiative that supports returning citizens who face challenges such as uncertainty about where to begin, strain within their families, and difficulties in finding employment and addressing mental health issues. It also tackles substance use disorders through WRAP 
(Wellness Recovery Action Plan), which is designed to assist anyone in achieving wellness and recovery.

P.L.S.M. Youth Program

The school-to-prison pipeline is a real issue. It describes a series of policies and practices that push students from public schools into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. This phenomenon disproportionately impacts students of color, young individuals with mental health issues, and those with learning disabilities.
We believe in transforming young men that are "at risk" into men that create and inspire positive change in the community by the renewing of their minds.
The P.L.S.M. (Power, Love & Sound Mind) Youth Program provides:
  • Mentorship
  • Growth Sessions
  • Community Service & Life Skills Projects
  • Parenting Sessions

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