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Churches Adopt Inmates In Brooklyn Detention
New York AP reports thirty Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have adopted 1500 inmates at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men. Church volunteers visit weekly to discuss family problems offer counseling help with therapy jobs and personal needs. The program aims to bring the community into the prison system and ease inmate frustrations.
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Brooklyn House of Detention
William van den Heuvel
City Board of Correction
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John Cor
Manhattan
Trinity Parish
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