how obscene are faith/character based prisons [View All]

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-faithpris24nov24,0,7203610.story?coll=sfla-news-florida


Gov. Bush opens largest faith-based prison


Just beyond the razor-wire front gates of Wakulla Correctional Institution, a dozen inmates stood outside a chapel Wednesday morning, playing electric guitars and singing aloud about how they would "rather have Jesus than silver and gold."

Minutes later, Gov. Jeb Bush arrived to dedicate what's being called the nation's largest faith- and character-based prison.

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Wakulla is an all-male prison in a barren spot 20 minutes south of Tallahassee. But it's about to gain national fame as it becomes the third and biggest state prison in Florida to convert entirely to the voluntary faith-based program -- a unique inmate training that the state first began to offer two years ago in anticipation of a lawsuit forcing the issue.

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Bush, a devout Catholic who has defiantly rejected civil libertarians' criticism of the state's faith-based programs, told the inmates how daily prayer has improved his life. He said he shares their belief in the power of faith.
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and Jeb baby also had the arrogance to say:

"My expectation is that you'll be better behaved here, but also better prepared when you get out of here to live a productive life," Bush said.


most of the volunteers doing the faith thing are from local churches but they will try to bring in the faithful from other religions, but,:

"It's just so difficult to get volunteers of faiths other than Christianity to come here," said Marilyn Nase, a volunteer from a nearby Baptist church in Tallahassee.

aaarrrrgggghhhhh!