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| Area volunteers report on changes for inmates moved from HCI |
| By www.observernews.net - Penny Fletcher |
| Published: 09/06/2012 |
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FLORIDA - SOUTH COUNTY — While they were at Hillsborough Correctional Institution in Riverview, women inmates had access to many programs started and maintained by approximately 400 South County mentors and volunteers. When the local prison was closed March 29, the inmates were transferred to Lowell Reception Center in Ocala. Since then, many South County volunteers have visited and received letters from those they formerly visited and mentored, while others who can’t drive the distance call each other and ask about these inmates’ new lives. The reports are varied, depending on the experience of each particular inmate. The Riverview facility was “Faith and Character Based,” which was a new premise at a women’s facility under the Florida Department of Corrections. It has been reported by both inmates and visitors that although staff at Lowell is trying to make adjustments to allow for dorms of “Faith and Character Based” inmates, many of them say their lives are just not the same. Read More. |
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