Incarceration is defined as a person's imprisonment in a penal institution (Bureau of Justice Statistics [BJS], 2005). Incarceration of females has dramatically increased in the past twenty years, with higher increases than their male counterparts (Lurigio, 2004). Incarcerated females have a wealth of unique problems that includes complex dual diagnoses (Abram, Teplin, & McClelland, 2003; Teplin, Abram, & McClelland, 1996), gender-based issues (Loucks & Zamble, 1999; Stuart & Brice-Baker, 2004), higher rates of certain psychological disorders (BJS, 2005; Earthrowl & McNully, 2002), and maternal absences (Greene, Haney, & Hurtado, 2000; Mumola, 2000). Although there are programs that are designed to identify and aid these women in their problems while incarcerated, the opportunities for growth and integration into more functional lives ends with the females' release into their prospective communities. Although the role of religion has not been extensively investigated with this population, the positive effects of religion on physical and mental health have been empirically exhausted. A mixed design research study was used to investigate the perceived role of religion in reducing the rates of recidivism among recently released females. There was a strong type of correlation between religion and inner faith variables, indicating that those women that perceived religion to reduce their rates of recidivism also perceived inner faith to reduce their rates of recidivism. Several themes were prominent across the interviews, including already established faith or religion, family being a deterrent to criminality, incarceration as a deterrent to criminality, religion helping women not reoffend, inner faith helping women not reoffend, and the women's behavior or thoughts having changed in a positive sense as a result of their current religious program.