Private Faith-Based Prison Proposed in Texas

County commissioners in Tom Green County in west Texas have approved a proposal to build a privately operated "faith based" prison. The proposed prison would would be run with a "Christian world view"to help rehabilitate inmates. According to a report in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram, backers of the project will look to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and other states for contracts because Texas prison officials are uninterested in using the new prison.