TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The nation’s first faith-based prison for women opened in a Tampa detention center April 14, five months after a similar program began for men. About 300 female prisoners will be confined at the Hillsborough Correctional Institution. Each prisoner volunteered for the transfer, and agreed to participate in a program combining vocational classes with worship. Alia Faraj, a…
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