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| Former Juniata County Jail |
Recently, I read in my Bloomsburg alumni magazine that four
Pennsylvania institutions have been selected to participate in a pilot program
called Second Chances Pell. The program will allow qualified inmates from seven
different prisons to receive money to attend college. Each must be due for
parole within five years. Research shows that prisoners who become educated
during prison have a higher rate of not returning there. The colleges
participating are Bloomsburg University, Indiana University, Lehigh Carbon
Community College, and Villanova University.
Reading this fact made me think about prison ministry. My
own venture into that arena
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