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Florida prison becomes faith-based penitentiary

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Florida prison becomes faith-based penitentiary By Lois K. Solomon | South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 11, 2009 Belle Glade - Glades Correctional Institution's 1,390 inmates have faith. State prison officials hope to tap into that faith to boost morale, improve prisoner rehabilitation and minimize the immense boredom of life behind bars. On Tuesday, the Palm Beach County prison becomes South Florida's first faith- and character-based penitentiary. "Guys need programs and other things to do instead of running around in the rec yard all day," said Jerry Gary, 44, a Pompano Beach man serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and sexual battery. Florida is the only state with prisons focused exclusively on faith and character. The program started at Lawtey Correctional Institution in 2003...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).