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| TVs tuned to educational programming |
| By Kalamazoo Gazette |
| Published: 08/12/2008 |
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MICHIGAN - "Oprah" is off the air at the Kalamazoo County Jail. Regular television shows were replaced last week with educational programming during most daytime hours. Although some inmates grumbled about the change, Lt. Gail Sampsell, second-in-command of the jail, reminded them during a tour of the facility Thursday that they "had no control over the TV anyway." The channel change came from "The Cellblock to Classroom Program," started by a group of volunteers primarily from St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish who have been involved with Bible studies at the jail. The idea that more needed to be done to educate jail inmates came to parish member Frank Sila when one participant called himself a responsible man because he didn't beat his wife in front of the children. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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