I think it looks good on your parole application to have converted to one of the major religions while in prison. Maybe people really believe, but just from a

I think it looks good on your parole application to have converted to one of the major religions while in prison. Maybe people really believe, but just from a getting-out-ASAP standpoint, pretending to be religious is good business in prison. Now if you're on death row, I don't know if it matters or not. That might just be legitimate fear, and Jesus has been known to give people second chances where the court system hasn't. Few people spend every day thinking about their own death, but on death row, that's pretty much the only recreational activity available. I can certainly understand why people would go looking for a higher power. What coreleation this has to recidivism, I don't know, but it's probably a positive signal. (If you believe scripture, you probably don't mind adding a few other rules and regulations on top. Follow those extra rules and regulations and you don't go to prison again.) On the other hand, a lot of priests seemed to skip seminary on the day they had the "don't fuck children" lesson, so I have no idea how it all works out in the end.