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Whitmire, Patrick suggest seminary inside prison

Reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:After visiting a once-violent Louisiana prison that is now ranked as one of the most tame thanks to a minister-training program, two key state senators today proposed bringing the concept to Texas. The proposal is to locate a religious seminary inside a Texas lockup. Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston, and Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, a member of the committee, said they think that the rehabilitation project that has worked well at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola could be just as successful in Texas. Whitmire and Patrick spent three days last week at the Angola lockup, once ranked as the most violent prison in America, along with representatives of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Bible College...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 25, 2010 (boomark / email).