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Criminal

Aug. 8, 2000

Escapees Say, 'We Were in Bondage'

Sherrald Reed, LaRonda Burton, Mercedes Knox, Denise Reed, Rosslynn Mitchell and Barbara Becker - all convicted of drug offenses or parole or probation violations and sentenced to serve their time at an unlicensed Lancaster-based Christian prison ministry - said they were warehoused and neglected instead of monitored and helped.

By Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        Sherrald Reed, LaRonda Burton, Mercedes Knox, Denise Reed, Rosslynn Mitchell and Barbara Becker - all convicted of drug offenses or parole or probation violations and sentenced to serve their time at an unlicensed Lancaster-based Christian prison ministry - said they wer...

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