Pope calls for more humane prison life after Ecuador deaths
Pope Francis on Sunday called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people died and dozens more were injured.
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by bcadmin | Oct 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Ecuador, News, Pope Francis, prison justice, prison reform, Prisons, St. Peter's Square, Sunday Angelus, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis on Sunday called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people died and dozens more were injured.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 26, 2021 | Bishop James Checchio, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey, News, Prison, prison justice, prison ministry, prison reform, Prisoners, Prisons | 0 |
The women housed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, the only women’s prison in the state of New Jersey, seem to have the cards stacked against them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, President Joe Biden, prison justice, prison reform, USCCB | 0 |
The chairmen of two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees welcomed recent executive actions by President Joe Biden to address racial equity in housing and the use of private prisons by the federal government.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 30, 2021 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, COVID-19 pandemic, lead, News, Prison, prison justice, prison ministry, Prisoners, Prisons, torture | 0 |
After Brazil’s prisons imposed restrictive measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, complaints of torture in correctional facilities increased by 70 percent, according to the nation’s bishops.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2020 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, prison justice, prison ministry, Prisoners, Prisons | 0 |
Ignoring early warnings and pleas from bishops’ commissions for prison ministry, countries across Latin America are seeing rising COVID-19 infection rates and deaths among inmates in their generally overcrowded prisons.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 13, 2020 | Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Iowa, Iowa Catholic Conference, News, prison justice, prison reform, Prisoners | 0 |
More than 40,000 people in Iowa who have completed sentences for felony convictions have regained the right to vote and run for office because of an executive order signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, prison justice, prison ministry, Prisoners, Prisons | 0 |
A May 19 statement by 14 Catholic leaders, including five bishops, decried the danger people in prison are exposed to during the coronavirus pandemic.
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