Light In Prison is the official website for the volunteer religious ministry of the Christian Science Committee on Institutional Work in California, Inc. The purpose of Christian Science institutional work is to provide healing and redemption through prayer and one-on-one discussions, as taught by Jesus, to incarcerated people and residents of institutions in California such as state prisons, county jails, work camps, jails, mental hospitals, youth facilities, and Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. Its mission is to recognize the regenerating and healing light of Christ in every prisoner, patient, and staff member in every penal institution and VA hospital in the State. This unique Christian ministry is extended primarily to those who are confined in institutions and thus prevented from attending a Christian Science church, contacting a practitioner, or visiting a Reading Room. The Christian Science Committee on Institutional Work in California coordinates and unifies the various institutional activities conducted in California by Christian Science branch churches. These committees are comprised of branch church representatives. Their function is to provide support and guidance to chaplains and workers and to advise their church memberships of committee needs. The local committees recruit and support chaplains to serve in the local facilities. They serve State and Federal Prisons, county Jails except in L.A. County, VA Hospitals & Clinics and Juvenile Facilities