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Sing Sing Seminary

Sing Sing prison has a master's program for a degree in professional studies in religion.

Aired 01/08/2009 | Rating NR

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Sing Sing Seminary

Clip: Season 12 | 8m 39s

Sing Sing prison has a master's program for a degree in professional studies in religion.

The notoriously tough maximum security Sing Sing Prison in New York State is a forbidding place, not where you would expect to find a program offering an accredited master’s degree in professional studies in religion. The course is sponsored by the New York Theological Seminary, and it’s been at Sing Sing for a quarter of a century.

Aired 01/08/2009 | Rating NR

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