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N.D. (AP) – Chaplains and volunteers are working to make North Dakota prisoners’ lives a little brighter behind bars this holiday season.

Chaplain Mark Haines ministers to the 420 men incarcerated at the James River Correctional Center. He says one prisoner Christmas Eve asked to light a candle and pray for his mom. Haines said that many prisoners worry about their families.

The prison’s warden, Don Redmann, says that while it’s subdued, there is “a sense of Christmas even in prison.”

Inmates at the Stutsman County Correctional Center will get a holiday meal of pork roast and Christmas cookies.

Two Christmas programs help inmates send gifts to their children with notes from their incarcerated dads, and the men also often send crocheted caps made by inmates to their youngsters.