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MCSD Chaplain's Office 327-1320
Senior Chaplain: Michael A. Wolley, e-mail SH27183@indygov.org
Chaplain Assistant: Sara Barbour, e-mail SH20568@indygov.org
Chaplain Assistant: Sherry Proffitt, email SH30640@indygov.org
Secretary: Jacqueline Buckhalter e-mail SH30159@indygov.org
Chaplain Michael A. Wolley is the Senior Chaplain for the Marion County Sheriff's Department. His staff is comprised of chaplain assistants and numerous volunteer chaplain assistants from various socioeconomic, religious and cultural back grounds. There are approximately 30 religious institutions that conduct classes and worship services on a weekly or monthly basis.
Chaplain Wolley and his staff are responsible for approximately 3000 inmates in four facilities. The chaplains department provides one on one counseling for inmates as well as staff in the Administration Division, Jail Division, Communication Division, Civil Division and Law Enforcement Division. They also conduct religious services, baptismal services and marriage ceremonies. The chaplains staff is available twenty-four hours a day to provide bereavement counseling for inmates that lose their loved ones while incarcerated.
Chaplain Wolley's extensive experience as an ordained clergyman, law enforcement officer and a program director for a jail, has equipped him to oversee the needs of the inmates. As an active minister in the greater Indianapolis community, he has developed partnerships with community organizations in order to develope pre-release programs that inmates can be placed in upon release from the jail in order to facilitate them in their transition back into society.
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