Valdosta, GA-----

Turning state prisoners into productive members of society---that was the goal of a few good samaritans today.

Volunteers from the Kairos Christian Ministry are in the middle of a four-day retreat at Valdosta State Prison.

Kairos officials say me they want the worst of the worst.
They're targeting drug dealers, gang leaders, sex offenders... men who they say need to change before they get out.

The clapping, the singing, and the praising...
It may seem like church, but it's really just another day in prison.

The man sporting glasses and a guitar is 26-year-old David Webb.

Webb spent two years of his life as an inmate here at Valdosta State Prison...but now he's back as a visitor. "As silly as it sounds, not that I wanted to come back and be in blue and white, but I wanted to come back and I wanted to share and continue sharing with other inmates the love and change that I have found in Jesus."

Webb is now a volunteer for the Kairos Christian Ministry program. He and other men work together to turn prisoners into productive citizens of society.

"Kairos is that kind of agent for change. As a matter of fact, it helps to scratch the recidivism rate that is the revolving door," said J.P. Miller, Clinical Chaplain of Valdosta State Prison.

Kairos officials say their program is all about God's love. And they say seven out of ten prisoners who go through this program end up staying out of prison.

"Many of these guys who are here in this institution--a few years from now may very well be your neighbor. And so when they are your neighbor, I would much rather have someone as my neighbor who is a brother--who is really a neighbor and who has a heart and a love for the Lord."

Practicing what they preach... "Love one Another as I have Loved You."

It's a program taking hatred and anger and turning it into love and kindness. It's turning the worst of the worst into productive citizens of the community.