Christa Fisher receives a couple hundred requests from Dane County Jail inmates per week, asking for her services as a chaplain that range from one-on-one spiritual guidance to providing extra pairs of socks.
She is a chaplain with the Madison Area Jail Ministry, a nonprofit ecumenical Christian ministry that serves jail inmates of many faiths. The organization is celebrating its 50th year in 2017 and originally formed to provide support to Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies delivering death notices and to the families receiving them.