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Inside a prison ministry: How faith can help

Inmates of the Utah State Correctional Facility gather to attend the sacrament service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' prison ministry in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Jan. 28.

Inmates of the Utah State Correctional Facility gather to attend the sacrament service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' prison ministry in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Jan. 28. (Marielle Scott, Deseret News)


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Mike was feeling dejected after his first few months in prison, when he noticed an older man struggling to push his walker around the dirt track. "I'm trying to find a way to kill myself in prison," the aged inmate told him.

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