For the past 8 years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California participate in a book club at a very unusual location, i.e. the Soledad State Prison. The founders of the book club named Exercises in Empathy, Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti said that students go into the prison […]
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This Prison in Indiana Takes in Shelter Cats- They Have Transformed Prisoners’ Lives
In a prison in Indiana, inmates and cats are changing each other’s lives for the better. The Pendelton Correctional Facility has a program which brings cats from shelters to live inside the prison. The inmates take turns taking care for the fluffy cuties. In the prison, the cats are allowed […]