Rare look inside Amish community
In this photo, Amish girls play softball after class in Bergholz, Ohio, April 9, 2013.
The farewell celebration was held for Miller and other Amish members leaving for prison throughout the week for their roles in a hair and beard cutting scandal.
Burkholder was sentenced to prison for his part in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other members of the Amish community.
Mullet and other Amish families gathered for a farewell celebration before members of the sect depart for prison following convictions in a beard-cutting scandal.
Miller was sentenced to prison for her part in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other Amish members.
Miller, along with three other women and a man from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio, will enter prison on April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
The farewell celebration was held for Miller and other Amish members leaving for prison throughout the week for their roles in a hair and beard cutting scandal.
Miller was convicted and sentenced to prions for her role in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other Amish members.
The end-of-school celebration served as the last big community gathering before four women and one man from this tight-knit group in rural eastern Ohio enter prison on Friday, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
Burkholder and four women from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio will enter prison on Friday, April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
Schrock was convicted and sentenced to prison for her role in the hair and beard-cutting scandal against other Amish members.
Miller, along with three other women and a man from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio, will enter prison on April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
Four women and one man from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio will enter prison on April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
The picnic was for Burkholder and other Amish people leaving for prison this week for their part in the hair and beard-cutting scandal against other Amish members.
The end-of-school celebration served as the last big community gathering before four women and one man from this tight-knit group in rural eastern Ohio enter prison on Friday, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish.
Many Amish families gathered following the final day of school for a celebration and farewell picnic.