Dept. of Corrections Commisssioner discusses prison ministry programs
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A federal appeals court has ruled that an evangelical Christian ministry operating in Iowa prisons cannot continue to receive state funding.
The court upheld a decision that public funding for the Prison Fellowship Ministries program violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
A similar program operates in Minnesota prisons in Lino Lakes and Shakopee.
Minnesota's Commissioner for Department of Corrections Joan Fabian discussed the programs with "All Things Considered" host Tom Crann.
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