MCCORMICK, S.C. (AP) -- Some South Carolina inmates are taking part in a program officials hope will breed peace at one of the state's maximum-security prisons.
Officials said Thursday that 110 inmates this week began living in a faith-based dorm at McCormick Correctional Institution.
Inmates in the program take classes and participate in a variety of activities that focus on personal responsibility, anger resolution, addiction treatment and parenting.
Corrections officials provide inmates with security and basic needs, but volunteers staff the classes and programs.
Corrections Director Jon Ozmint says the model has worked in other places and benefits both prisoners and staff. Officials say they'll expand the program if it's successful.
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