Prison Fellowship Takes Aim at Judicial Activism
In our experience we have observed that all too often,
effective health care approaches for the body or the mind
are simply seen as too threatening to the status quo and the
powers that be. Basing their approach on observable evidence
and stringent University level research documentation, Prison
Fellowship has demonstrated that a faith-based approach to prisoner
rehabilitation not only works but turns in an astounding 8 percent
recidivism rate for reoffending compared to 66 percent for the usual
psychological-therapy-sociological based approaches used in recent years.
I guess this qualifies them as a threat, despite the State of Iowa
liking their results and granting them the contract to work with prisoners
based on competitive bidding and despite the recent national requirements
for "evidence based approaches" in the health care arena. Now a federal
court judge has ruled that despite their astounding results, that Prison
Fellowship must repay the State of Iowa over one and a half million dollars
for their work over the last few years, claiming their volunteer program was
"tainted" by religion. For more information on this bizarre ruling by a
federal judge in Iowa, go to the the following
link:
http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041536.cfm
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