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AL: Faith-based organizations partner with state to provide services from prisoners returning to communities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Faith-based organizations have a long history of volunteer and missionary work in the state's prisons. The new program will expand and formalize the arrangement, Allen said. After the meeting of church leaders, charity managers and state officials, which was closed to the public, Riley said he has no concerns about issues related to separation of church and state. And there will be no limits placed on churches' using the program to proselytize to inmates." State to partner with faith-based organization to provide services for newly released inmates Wednesday, March 19, 2008 STAN DIEL, News staff writer MONTGOMERY - The state of Alabama will partner with dozens of faith-based organizations to provide services for newly released inmates, Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).