- Opportunities for religious worship and instruction
- Religious advice and counseling
- Advocacy on religious matters
- Referral to other relevant support agencies
Since its inception in 1994, when 3 faithful brothers started to visit prisons on the weekends a few times a month, the ICV’s Prision Chaplaincy Service has provided religious and spiritual care to Victoria’s diverse population of Muslim prisoners. Currently, ICV’s ten trained chaplains provide pastoral care to most of the state’s 310 Muslim prisioners who are held in custody in private and public prisons throughout the state of Victoria.
Beyond the bounds of Victoria’s prisons, ICV assists to improve links between the wider Islamic community, the corrections system and Muslim prisoners. Within prisons, Muslim chaplains provide: