Delusional

Many years ago, I did research into the ratio of religious vs non-religious in prisons, and the statistics were something like 98% religous, 2% non-religious in the prison population, when the non-religious population of the whole of society (in USA) was something like 15-20% at the time.

So that shows that atheists/nones are not being represented in the criminal societies, so your neighbors assumption is totally off.

Perhaps a better explanation might be that 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless homes. (according to research done in 1992)

Whether religious or not, kids raised with plenty of adult role models are better off, from what I can gather.

It is written that Jesus character said:
Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous(people obeying the law) , but criminals(sinners) to repentance (to return them to obeying the law)."

@davepeet @lovinlarge

I find it funny that most people find God by going to jail

Feel free to share with her any of the research on the religiosity of American inmates that shows that most if them identify as Christian and a miniscule number as non-religious.