Evangelicals, a rising force in Argentine prisons …… | News and reports

Prisoners pray inside an evangelical cell block at the penal unit in Pinero, Santa Fe province, Argentina on Thursday, November 4, 2021. Access to evangelical cell blocks is controlled by both prison authorities and cell block leaders who function a bit like pastors.Correctional Institute model UI Dr. Cesar R Tabares, known as Penal Unit 1, is in Coronda, Santa Fe Province, Argentina on Friday, November 19, 2021. About 40% of some 6,900 inmates in the province of Santa Fe live in evangelical cells. said Walter Gálvez, Santa Fe’s undersecretary for penitentiary affairs, who is also a Pentecostal.Inmates Ruben Luna, right, serving 14 years for murder, kisses Sebastian Monje, who spent eight months in prison for attempted murder and theft, before being baptized in an evangelical cell block at Pinero Penitentiary , Argentina, Saturday December 11, 2021. The signs read in Spanish “Christ lives. Lion of Judah.”Prisoners pray before being baptized inside an evangelical cell block at the penitentiary of penitentiary unit N11 in Pinero, province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on Saturday December 11, 2021. Inmates who wish to be admitted to a Evangelical cell block should abide by the rules of conduct, including praying three times a day, letting go of addiction and fighting.Prisoners pray with their Bibles inside an evangelical cell block at Pinero prison, in Argentina’s Santa Fe province, November 18, 2021.