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  • Inmates complete 1st seminary prison program in TX
    by Keith Collier/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Monday, May 18, 2015 (9 years ago)

    SWBTS Photo/Matt Miller
    ROSHARON, Texas (BP) -- Robed in caps and gowns over their white prison uniforms, 33 inmates in Texas' maximum security Darrington Prison Unit made history May 9 as they received bachelor's degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, becoming the inaugural graduating class of the state's first seminary prison program.

    Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a former member of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, praised God for the commencement. Read More