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Wednesday, 04 November, 2009
Faith-Based Prison
(with comments)
Advances in incarceration. In Oklahoma: A faith-based prison is pushed.
WAKITA - This tiny town near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line north of Enid may soon own the country's only all-Christian prison, with Christian administrators, employees, counselors and programs.
The idea is backed by Wakita's leaders, has some support from state officials, and, its founders believe, is able to pass constitutional muster.
"If Chicken Little doesn't come to town, we'll be open in 16 months," said Bill Robinson, the founder of Corrections Concepts Inc., a Dallas nonprofit prison ministry that is spearheading the project.
Yes, the entire deal hinges on Chicken Little. Fortunately for them, Chicken Little accepted Jesus as his personal savior shortly after emerging from his egg.
Bill Robinson, founder of Corrections Concepts Inc. says:
"The staff, being all born-again believers, will see this as a mission... [the inmates] don't have to go to church, or Bible study, but they have to participate in the curriculum, which is Christ-centered."
- By NoHelp. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @08:33am:As long as there is an FSM prison down the road, so inmates have a choice, it seems fine. No state action, no coercion. And I am sure they will hire guards of all faiths and non-faiths, too. No worries.
- By Shel-tone. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @11:24am:Christain criminals: There are so many of them they need their own prison now.
- By . Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @11:28am:
... and, its founders believe, is able to pass constitutional muster.
I'm sure its founders believe a great many things that are not true. - By Bisbonian. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @12:29pm:
the country's only all-Christian prison, with Christian administrators, employees, counselors and programs.
Only one little thing missing.... - By banjo brad. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @01:15pm:I'm in the midst of The Family the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet, and just finished the chapter where he talks about Prison Fellowship.
All I can say is that the world is getting scarier day by day. Of course, it probably doesn't help that I'm also almost finished with Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here!
(These are a great concurrent read, by the way) - By NoHelp. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @01:42pm:O.k., Bisbonian, I'll bite.
What's missing?
(I had a guess, but then was plagued by doubt.) - By . Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @03:28pm:Isn't there something in the Constitution about "cruel and unusual punishment"?
- By Christopher. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @04:39pm:Thats where I'd send the WORST offenders! Talk about Hell!