"They are the cream of the crop (among inmates) and are interested in religion and making something of themselves after they get out of prison," Warren said. Members of other faiths are also invited to use the genealogy sources.Ībout 70 inmates regularly attend LDS services and church activities at the prison. The chapel will be used by LDS, Catholic and Baptist inmates along with smaller numbers of Jehovah's Witnesses, Islams and Hindus. "We probably will do as much genealogy as any stake in the church and the inmates love it," said Darrell Warren, president of the Gunnison 4th Branch of the LDS Church. The latter will contain 10 computers, 16 work stations and equipment for researching records, according to Steve Buchanan of the LDS Gunnison Stake presidency. The chapel will be adjacent to a multipurpose room and will include classrooms and offices as well as a genealogy department. LDS Church officials emphasized that the new chapel will be for use by members of all religious faiths. Haltinner and Dave Reese of Campbell Rees Architects in Salt Lake City worked together in developing plans. It was agreed that the church would put up the money and then turn the facility over to the state. Some $800,000 was budgeted by the church through Bishop H. The firm placed a bid of $687,000 for the project, which should be finished in approximately eight months.The project took a big step toward becoming a reality last February, when an appeal was made to general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for funding. MGM Construction of North Salt Lake has broken ground for a non-denominational church at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison.
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