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April 05, 2012

CBN: Prison chaplains: faith key to rehabilitation

by Staff
The Christian Broadcasting Network

Prison chaplains say religious programs are the key to rehabilitating inmates, according to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

The head of chaplain ministries at the Oregon Department of Corrections says faith helps to cure attitudes that lead to recidivism -- relapsing to former criminal behavior.

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