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He then enters a room, where six men greet him. Most are dressed in sweats and gym shoes. They place yarmulkas on their heads. Rabbi Goldstein sees a few unfamiliar faces. He asks a few questions. The service begins. Rabbi Goldstein is the paid contract rabbi for the Jewish prisoners at Milan. He is the only representative from the Jewish community who visits the Jewish inmates in Milan, which is home for many found guilty of such crimes as extor- tion, mail fraud, drug traf- ficking and tax evasion. Prisoners include attorneys, certified public accountants and businessmen. Goldstein is one of about 150 rabbis nationwide who regularly visit Jewish prisoners. There are few full- time Jewish prison chaplains; some states have no Jewish chaplains, even part-time ones. But no matter if they are serving a federal institu- tion like Milan or a state prison like the state prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson or a county jail, the reason for having a prison rabbi remains the same. "The role of the Jewish prison chaplain is to minister to the needs of inmates and also to minister to staff who need help or information regarding Jewish religious practices," explains Rabbi Moses A. Birnbaum, associ- ate executive director of the board of rabbis who is involv- ed with chaplain services. Each prison operates dif- ferently, but many observers agree the federal system seems more receptive to in- suring that the needs of Jewish inmates are at least recognized and responded to. Milan has a kosher meal service and a small Jewish library. Goldstein often brings tapes and video casset- tes he thinks might be of in- terest. Ritual objects like tallitot, siddurim, a shofar and menorah are on hand when needed. And, perhaps most important for the in- mates, the Jewish holidays are observed. Though many Jews would prefer to think that Jewish criminals died with the likes of the Purple Gang, the facts belie that illusion. It is estimated that 100 Jews are serving time in Michigan prisons. Rabbi Goldstein, Rabbi Bob Shafran of Jackson, Stacie Schiff Fisher of Farmington Hills of the B'nai B'rith International Coalition for Jewish Prisoner Services and a few metro Detroit rabbis all serve as prison chaplains in the state. Rabbi Goldstein says his purpose is to assist prisoners For information on the Michigan Jewish Prisoner Outreach Program, write to P.O. Box 248106, Farmington, Mich. 48332. so they may re-examine their lives and their relationship to other men and God. "If you can get to their hearts, they can find a way to Judaism," Rabbi Goldstein says. "Jewish prisoners are forgotten. They're a well-kept secret," says Michael Brooks, director of Hillel at the University of Michigan who spent 14 years working with the Jewish prisoners at Milan. Because many cases are short term or transfers, the number of Jews in Milan fluc- tuates. Currently, there are about a dozen Jews in Milan which has a prison population of about 1,300 men. According to a recent study by the B'nai B'rith Commis- sion on Community Volunteer Services, about 400 prisoners identify themselves as Jews in the federal prison services. One prisoner at Milan sug- gests these numbers will in- crease because the federal