The people incarcerated at the detention centers include both sentenced convicts and those detained for trial. Locked away, naturally their spirits fall, especially those sentenced to death, or there on a life sentence. Often they lose all hope, refusing all food and starving themselves.
被關在看守所裡的人，有被判刑的受刑人及有犯罪嫌疑的被告，他們因案被逮捕身陷牢籠，心情自然跌落谷底，尤其犯了重罪被判死刑或無期徒刑的被告，往往對人生絕望，甚至絕食抵抗，這時榮譽教誨師扮演的，正是讓他們起死回生的關鍵角色。