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"I've Watched Guys ... go from hardened thugs to guys you'd ... like to have over for dinner. You see prayers getting answered," says Tommie Dorsett about Inner-Change, a Scripture-based rehabilitation program, at the Jester II prison in Katy, Texas.

The goal is to cut the recidivism rate among inmates in half—from 50% to 25%. Prayer and Bible study are important elements of the program, as are work and education.

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