"I Was In Prison And You Visited Me." Spending Christmas In Cook County Jail

Love is the answer to every situation. For those around the world who studied and learned from the teachings of Jesus Christ, this season is an opportunity to demonstrate those lessons in love. There is an appropriate loving response to every situation, and for someone who has committed an offense that lands them in jail, the appropriate loving response is to visit them and encourage them to remember their own Divine nature.  When we visit the imprisoned we're encouraging them to work toward repairing whatever is damaged in their souls that caused them to forget their DIvinity and transgress against another.  Every year, Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Jesse Ma Houston Prison Ministry visits Cook County Jail on Christmas Day. This year, those who are travelng to the jail with PUSH express their hopes that one day all prisons will be emptied of inmates.  What will we as a society need to do in order to make that happen?