A Faith Based Prison.

[michaeledward]

Well, so much for the separation of Church and State. But at least now there will be a 'control group' environment to measure different types of treatment programs.

Of course, this prison was not opened in New England or Wisconsin <wink>.


http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7572523.htm

Mike

 

[Spud]

Read a fascinating story in Mother Jones about these a couple of months back, at that time they were looking at faith based units within a penitentiary. Very interesting arguments pro and con. I like the idea to some extent, however, the opportunities were limited to those pursuing Christianity. That is if you wanted access to limited slots in various prison programs your best (sometimes only) opportunity was to be in the Christian faith-based cellblock.

The Florida prison has 791 men practicing 26 faiths according to the story. On the surface it looks promising.