New York Theological Seminary (NYTS) Program Analysis

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One thing that stood out from the reading was New York Theological seminary (NYTS) program which “offer a graduate program designed for long-term prisoners at the facility.” (Marable, 2011, p.387) I believe that we should support more program like this to educate prisoners. Education are very important in our society. The reading also discussed the racial discrimination in the U.S. The justice system is racial discriminating the black and the minority people in the U.S. We should do something to change this

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