The unpaid volunteers saving millions for the state May 21, 2011 by Fulcrum Join Wilson Goode's prison-mentoring scheme and you could make millions for the American government. It costs $35,000 (£23,000) year to keep each prisoner behind bars in Philadelphia, where Dr Goode's Amachi charity is based.He is an ordained minister with over 50 years' service at the First Baptist Church of Paschall in south-west Philadelphia. Robert Pigott. BBC wesbite. 21 May 2011. FulcrumShareTweetShare