Building character behind prison walls

 
By Carla Hinton
Published: February 23, 2008

McLOUD — Assaults are down.

Common courtesy is on the rise.

That's what matters when Warden Millicent Newton-Embry looks out on the yard at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center these days.

Hundreds of inmates at the medium- and maximum-security women's prison in McLoud have been participating in a new program designed to instill character and faith values.

Newton-Embry said she was eager to begin the ...


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