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Published: May 23, 2007
‘People in prison need people'
More than a quarter of Oklahoma criminals released from prison return within three years, but a bill passed out of the House on Tuesday seeks to lower that rate.
However, critics of the bill say it will funnel public money to church organizations running prison programs — a violation, they say, of the U.S. Constitution.
The legislation would encourage faith-based and other volunteer organizations to ge...
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