For the last several years I’ve been corresponding with a transgender man who is incarcerated. Through this relationship I’ve gotten more deeply invested in the work that is happening inside of prisons. As I began to investigate who’s doing this work it’s almost exclusively Evangelical churches and organizations. I’ve found a couple of progressive churches who are doing this work, and one or two ecumenical organizations, but on a denominational level there is very little happening. Even in socially justice minded organizations, very few people are talking about or investing in ministry to people who are incarcerated. This leaves vulnerable people at the mercy of Evangelical groups and leaves LGBTQ+ people with very few options for getting their spiritual needs met. This project is three fold: Exploring why progressive churches and denominations aren’t involved in prison ministry on a large scale (through interviews with Bishops, church leaders, and church historians), learning from the few individuals who are doing this work (through interviews and site visits), and creating a series of essays that highlight these issues while also providing a theology of prison ministry grounded in progressive theology and centering queer and trans theology.