{"id":992,"date":"2003-12-31T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2003-12-31T21:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/your-tax-dollars-at-work-saving-sinners\/"},"modified":"2003-12-31T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2003-12-31T21:38:20","slug":"your-tax-dollars-at-work-saving-sinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/your-tax-dollars-at-work-saving-sinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Tax Dollars At Work — Saving Sinners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JebBush’s brother opens first ‘faith-based’ prison<\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas in Florida ushered in America’s first ”faith-based prison”<\/b> a sprawling jail in rural northern Florida, in which 800 inmates from 26 faiths are blending hallowed time with hard time.<\/p>\n

Governor Jeb Bush, President George W Bush’s younger brother, dedicated the prison on Christmas Eve, saying it would encourage spirituality and – he hoped – cut reoffending. …<\/p>\n

In addition to regular prayer sessions, the jail, which holds “mid-level felons” – men convicted of burglary, hold-ups, car theft and assault – will offer religious studies, choir practice and religious counselling seven days a week. There will also be job training and classes in subjects such as “parenting” and “character building”. …<\/p>\n

Like his brother in the White House, Gov Bush believes that the best way to rehabilitate criminals is to “lead them to God”<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Don’t laugh: there are many on the Right who hope Jeb will be the third President Bush<\/b>. No, this is not a Saturday Night Live skit. God help us. mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bush’s brother opens first ‘faith-based’ prison Christmas in Florida ushered in America’s first ”faith-based prison” a sprawling jail in rural northern Florida, in which 800 inmates from 26 faiths are blending hallowed time with hard time. Governor Jeb Bush, President George W Bush’s younger brother, dedicated the prison on Christmas Eve, saying it would encourage … Continue reading Your Tax Dollars At Work — Saving Sinners<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}