Correctional Chaplaincy at Anam Cara CPE

Training Chaplains to Bring Light Where the System Offers None

This Isn’t Healthcare. It Isn’t the Military.

Correctional Chaplaincy is its own world.

You serve in one of the hardest spiritual environments on earth.

Concrete walls. Razor wire. Trauma, addiction, and spiritual hunger in every cellblock.

And most CPE programs don’t get it.

We do.

Because our faculty includes chaplains who’ve lived it.

We Speak Correctional. Not Just Clinical.

At most training centers, you’ll have to explain what you do.

Here? We already know.

Your supervisors are correctional chaplains themselves.

They know the difference between theory and survival.

Between generic care and what really works inside the system.

A 12-Week Intensive That Fits the Realities of Your Role

Fully Online – Join real-time weekly cohorts from wherever you serve.

12 Weeks Start to Finish – Intensive, immersive, and built for people on active duty.

Use Your Current Role – Most students log hours through their DOC, jail, or facility-based assignments.

Accredited Through Anam Cara CPE – Backed by Clinical Pastoral Education International (CPEI) and DEAC recognition.

We Train for the Realities of Prison Ministry

Trauma-informed care in high-security settings

Spiritual leadership in interfaith and anti-faith environments

Pastoral presence under institutional pressure

Working with DOC staff as partners—not adversaries

Holding hope in places shaped by despair

Need Help with Funding?

We work directly with Departments of Corrections and program managers to:

  • Help you access tuition reimbursement or grant funding.

  • Ensure your hours count toward certification or agency credit.

  • Align with your facility’s training and education protocols.

You’re Already Doing the Work. Now Get the Formation.

If you’ve been waiting for a CPE program that actually gets correctional chaplaincy—this is it.

This isn’t spiritual care in theory. It’s formation for the front lines.

And it starts with one decision.

Accreditation

Anam Cara CPE is an affiliate of Clinical Pastoral Education International (CPEI).

CPEI is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)