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The Mount is a Category C prison for adult males. As of 31 August 2015, it had an operational capacity of 1,028. [8] The regime at the prison includes full- and part-time education, workshops, training courses, farms and gardens, and a works department.
The Armenians regained the church after 1967 and repaired the church. [8] In the 1970s, construction for a new church began, next to the original one. [ 9 ] [ 8 ] However, due to still-unresolved planning and zoning issues, construction halted, and the new church remains unfinished to this date.
Christians and Jews may only visit the site as tourists and only for four hours per day five days per week. [23] [24] Israel also restricts the number of religious Jews that can visit at a time. Until 2003, it was limited to five; in 2003 it was increased to 10; in 2010 it was increased to 20 and in 2011 it was again increased to 50 at a time. [25]
Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday). The Canon Law of the Catholic Church states, "on Sundays and other holy days of obligation , the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass ". [ 2 ]
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Prison Book Program is an American non-profit organization that sends free books to people in prison. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While the organization is based in Massachusetts , it mails packages of books to people in prisons in 45 U.S. states , as well as Puerto Rico and Guam . [ 3 ]
[110] [111] Mont-Saint-Michel continued in use as an ecclesiastical prison until 1791, when, during the French Revolution the abbey was closed and converted entirely into a prison; [112] it was not until 1863 that the prison was closed altogether, so that the building could be restored and, in 1874, declared a monument historique. [113]